* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] WATER [PRESENTATIONS] IS A HYBRID MEETING WITH SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS JOINING IN PERSON AND SOME USING MICROSOFT TEAMS. LET ME RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, POLLETT FOR A PROCLAMATION TO THE REFINO HILLS REDEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY REORGANIZING, RECOGNIZING ALL THEIR HARD WORK IN THAT AREA. COUNCIL, COUNCILMAN P*****K. YOU WANNA GRAB SOME? COUNCILMAN MALCO, IF YOU DON'T MIND, MR. THAT SUIT? YOU WANT THIS ONE NOW? WHICH ONE YOU WANT? WELL, GOOD MORNING TO EVERYONE. UM, I HAVE BEFORE ME, UH, SOME STAKEHOLDERS FROM THE RAPINO ILL, UH, WORK STAKEHOLDER WORKING GROUP, UH, WHICH ARE RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWEST HOUSTON. UH, SCATTERED AROUND BETWEEN DISTRICT J, DISTRICT F, SOME DISTRICT C, SOME DISTRICT K, UH, BUT WE ALSO HAVE, UH, DR. BRUCE RACE, UH, FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON. UH, AND WE'RE REALLY HERE TO HONOR HIS, UH, STRATEGY PROPOSAL THAT HE PUT FORTH, UH, REGARDING THE REDEVELOPMENT OF REFINO HILLS. UH, AS YOU KNOW, MAYOR, THE REFINO HILLS IS A, A PROPERTY THAT IS CURRENTLY OWNED BY BEL AIR AND WEST U THAT'S NEAR, UH, BELTWAY EIGHT AND US 59 LARGE TRACK OF LAND. UM, AND WE BELIEVE COULD BRING EXTREME BENEFIT IF REDEVELOPED IN THE RIGHT WAY, NOT ONLY FOR SOUTHWEST HOUSTON, BUT THE CITY AS A WHOLE. UH, WE ALSO HAVE HERE MR. SKIP READER AND MR. MIKE KU, WHO ARE WITH HOUSTON ONE VOICE, WHO HAVE THEIR LEADER WITH THE, WITH THEIR LEADERSHIP, ALONG WITH THE STAKEHOLDER WORKING GROUP. UH, REALLY, UH, TRY TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IN REDEVELOPMENT, UH, IS SOMETHING THAT'S ON THE, UH, FOREFRONT OF SOUTHWEST HOUSTON AND THAT WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO AND WE'RE GIVING PRIORITY TO. SO TODAY I'M GONNA BRING FORTH A PROCLAMATION, UH, FOR THE REFINO HILLS REDEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, AND IT READS, WHEREAS RAFINO HILL'S STAKEHOLDER WORKING GROUP, HOUSTON ONE VOICE, AND BRUCE RACE, PHD, F-A-I-A-F-A-I-C-P, PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON AND URBAN PLANNER SUPREME. THAT'S PRETTY, PRETTY NICE. YEAH, IT'S A PRETTY NICE TITLE THAT'S CALLED, THAT HAS BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO REDEVELOP THE DORMANT REFINO HILLS SITE IN SOUTHWEST HOUSTON THAT FORMERLY SERVED AS A HOUSEHOLD WASTE LANDFILL FOR THE CITIES OF BEL AIR AND WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE. WHEREAS THE STAKEHOLDER WORKING GROUP HAS COLLABORATIVELY WORKED WITH DR. RACE AND HOUSTON, ONE VOICE TO COMPOSE A ASPIRATIONAL REDEVELOPMENT PLAN, ENCOMPASSING FLOOD WATER DETENTION, RECREATIONAL NATURE AREAS, AND COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL VENTURES. WHEREAS THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION, HOUSTON, TEXAS SECTION HAS BESTOWED ITS HIGHEST LEVEL GOLD DESIGNATION FOR RESILIENCE 2022 AWARD TO DR. RA'S PROPOSAL. AND WHEREAS THE LOCAL A PA STATED THAT THE REFINO HILLS LANDFILL STRATEGY EXEMPLIFIES THE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH REQUIRED TO REPOSITION A CONTAMINATED AND FLOOD DETENTION SITE INTO LIVABLE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES, ADVANCING THE GOAL OF THE CITY'S RESILIENT STRATEGY AND CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. AND WHEREAS THE ORGANIZATION HAS ADDED ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, A COMPETITIVE FOR STATE AND NATIONAL AWARD REP. THANK YOU. AND, UM, AND SO I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SAYING, THEREFORE, I, SYLVESTER TURNER MAYOR CITY OF HOUSTON, HEREBY PROUDLY PROCLAIM AUGUST 23RD, 2022 AS RINA HILLS REDEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY DAY IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON DECLARATION. EVERYONE ELSE. THANK YOU, SIR. VERY, VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILMAN POLLARD. SO THIS IS, WE KNOW WHEN YOU SIT IN THE FRONT HERE, YOU KNOW BETTER THAN ANYBODY. YOU CAN'T SEE THE FUTURE WITHOUT THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S WHERE THE FUTURE COMES FROM. SO THAT, THAT VALUE SET, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT, WHAT GETS CAPTURED IN THIS PLAN. AND IT WAS A, A LISTENING EXERCISE, AND WE WENT THROUGH MANY ALTERNATIVES LOOKING AT THIS SITE TO FIND THE BALANCE THAT THE COMMUNITY WAS LOOKING FOR BETWEEN AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY, REALLY NEEDED DETENTION IN THE, IN THIS PART OF THE COMMUNITY [00:05:01] AND RECREATION AND EDUCATION. THAT'S THE BALANCE THAT THEY WERE STRIKING TO MEET, TO REMIND US THE WHAT MOTIVATED THIS IS THAT WE STARTED WORKING WITH THE MID BRAY NEIGHBORHOODS BEFORE HARVEY. AND THEN AFTER HARVEY, AGAIN, CAME BACK AND WORKED WITH THEM. AND THIS IS A SITE THAT WE SAW AS AN OPPORTUNITY SITE, UH, THROUGH THAT, THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. AND THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT. WE ADVOCATED FOR IT TO BECOME PART OF THE, THE COUNTY, UH, BOND MEASURE. AND, UH, AND SO WE WERE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO FIND A WAY. 'CAUSE WE KNEW STRATEGICALLY THIS IS A GREAT PLACE FOR DETENTION. SO PART OF THE MOTIVATION IS HOW CAN WE APPROACH A PROJECT LIKE THIS IF WE DON'T HAVE ADEQUATE PUBLIC FUNDING? SO WE STARTED TO LOOK AT SOME JOINT DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS. NOW, AS WE KNOW, THIS IS PROBABLY IN THE REGION, ONE OF THE MOST COMPLEX INNER JURISDICTIONAL PROJECTS. YOU GOT THREE CITIES IN THE COUNTY. UH, YOU HAVE MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS, A TOURS. IT'S EXCITING, RIGHT? , YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF HOW, HOW YOU START TO LOOK AT A PROJECT LIKE THIS AND HOW IT GETS IMPLEMENTED. SO MOVING FORWARD, WE START TO LOOK AT THE FUTURE FOR THIS PROJECT. WE, WE KNOW IDEALLY WE'LL HAVE ADEQUATE PUBLIC FUNDING, BUT THERE'S STILL A PROJECT THAT'S GONNA REQUIRE INNOVATION. AND THAT'S KIND OF THE EXPECTATIONS WE GOT FROM THE COMMUNITY TO BUILD THIS SITE OUT AND COMPLETELY BUILD IT OUT. IT'LL REQUIRE, PERHAPS WORKING WAYS WE HAVEN'T WORKED BEFORE. WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO BE A GROWING CITY, AND WE CAN COUNT ON OUR OWN GROWTH TO HELP US TOW OURSELVES TO A MORE RESILIENT FUTURE. AND THIS WOULD BE A, UH, UH, AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF A RESILIENCE HUB, UH, TYPE OF SOLUTION. AND WE KNOW WE NEED MANY OF THOSE IN HOUSTON. SO ON BEHALF OF UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, UH, AND MY COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN, UH, I REALLY APPRECIATED THE, MY TIME I SPENT WORKING IN THE COMMUNITIES. BUT I KNOW WE ARE NOT DONE RIGHT? THIS IS, AND OUR CITY REQUIRES MANY PROJECTS LIKE THIS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE RESILIENT AND, AND PROSPEROUS FUTURE. MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. DID YOU BRING SOME EXTRA PEOPLE WITH YOU? YES, WE DO. ALL THE, THE BRAIN TRUST IS BACK HERE, THE STAKEHOLDER WORKING GROUP. IF WE CAN GET EVERYONE THAT'S AFFILIATED WITH THE RE UH, REFINO HILLS REDEVELOPMENT TO COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME FOR A PICTURE, , BEL AIR, HARRIS COUNTY, OF COURSE, THE CITY OF HOUSTON. BUT THERE IS NO QUESTION TO THE EXTENT IT CAN HAPPEN THAT IT WOULD BE A MAJOR, MAJOR PLUS, UH, FOR THAT ENTIRE SOUTHWEST CORRIDOR. AND OF COURSE, ULTIMATELY THE CITY OF HOUSTON AS A WHOLE AND HARRIS COUNTY. SO IT'S ONLY FITTING THAT, UM, WE ARE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. WE THE SAME WEEK AS HURRICANE HARVEY. UH, BUT IT'S MY HOPE THAT, THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME VERY POSITIVE COLLABORATIONS WITH WEST U AND WITH, WITH BEL AIR. OKAY. SO, UH, THAT IS, THAT IS, THIS IS ONE PROJECT THAT'S, THAT IS ON OUR PRIORITY LIST. YEAH. THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT. I KNOW MAYOR FROM MY STEVE CATEL CASTELLO DAYS. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT RAPINO FOR A LONG TIME. SKIP BACK THERE, MAN. I ASK HIM TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS AT PLACES. I DON'T EVEN CARE IF IT'S ON TOPIC. HE BRINGS UP RAPINO EVERY SINGLE TIME. IF HE'S GOT AN AUDIENCE, HE'S TALKING ABOUT RAPINO. SO IT IS FROM THE COMMUNITY DOCTOR. IT'S, THIS IS FROM THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS A BIG COMMUNITY EFFORT. THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT THAT WILL REALLY KEEP A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT OF HARM'S WAY. UM, IT'S, IT'S COMPLICATED, AS YOU SAID, AND IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT OF MONEY, BUT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN, UH, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD. I JUST WANTED TO ECHO EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID ABOUT THIS PROJECT, UM, WHICH HAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT, UH, IN DISTRICT C FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS AS WELL. UH, IN MEETING WITH MAYOR SAMPLE AND WEST U, IT COMES UP WHEN WE MEET IN BEL AIR, IT COMES UP IN ALL AROUND. SO I THINK ALL EYES ARE ON REFINO RIGHT NOW, AND WHATEVER WE CAN DO, UM, TO LAUNCH IT AND SUPPORT THESE EFFORTS, UH, IN IT 110%. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK. GREAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. [00:11:43] PROCLAMATION TO RECOGNIZE PARK HOUSTON AS THE INTERNATIONAL PARKING AND MOBILITY INSTITUTE'S PARKING ORGANIZATION OF THE YEAR. COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COLLEAGUES. IT'S MY PLEASURE AND HONOR TO INTRODUCE WHO WE ALL KNOW, MARIA ART ERSHAD AND TINA PAEZ, AND THE WHOLE PARKING CREW. UM, THAT'S HERE. ONE OF OUR BEST DEPARTMENTS. COME ON UP. COME ON UP. UM, A DEPARTMENT THAT I CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON TO HAVE AN ANSWER. THEY'RE ORGANIZED, THEY'RE DETAIL ORIENTED. THEY, THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. THEY'VE BEEN KEEPING UP WITH THE TIMES AS FAR AS ALL THE TECHNOLOGY, AND THEY GET, THEY RAISE ABOUT $20 MILLION FOR THE CITY EVERY YEAR. SO, UH, THAT'S REAL MONEY. AND WE'VE GOT A BUNCH OF THE PARK HOUSTON STAFF HERE. SO IF ANYBODY'S OUT THERE WANTING FREE PARKING, NOW'S YOUR TIME BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S IN HERE. AND THEY WON A BIG AWARD IN NEW ORLEANS THIS YEAR. SO THAT'S WHAT I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT. WHEREAS PARK HOUSTON WAS SELECTED AS THE 2022 INTERNATIONAL PARKING AND MOBILITY INSTITUTE ORGANIZATION OF THE YEAR. AND WHEREAS PARK HOUSTON HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY INTERNATIONAL PARKING AND MOBILITY INSTITUTE ORGANIZATION AS AN ACCREDITED PARKING ORGANIZATION WITH DISTINCTION. AND WHEREAS PARK HOUSTON HAS SUPPORTED HOUSTONIANS PUBLIC SAFETY BY PROMOTING PARKING COMPLIANCE AND COMPLETING 14,256 SERVICE REQUESTS WITH A 99.5% ON TIME RESPONSE RATE. AND WHEREAS PARK HOUSTON HAS STRENGTHENED THE CITY'S SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS BY ENCOURAGING ALTERNATIVE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION, BY ADMINISTERING THE EMPLOYEE TRANSIT AND VAN POOL PROGRAM, AND THE DEDICATED BICYCLE LANE PROGRAM. AND WHEREAS PARK HOUSTON HAS PROTECTED THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR HOUSTONIANS THROUGH SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS, SUCH AS THE VOLUNTEER PARKING ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM, THE RESIDENTIAL PARKING PROGRAM, THE COMMUNITY PARKING PROGRAM, THE ABANDONED VEHICLE PROGRAM, AND SOON TO BE GETTING THE 18 WHEELERS OFF THE ROAD PROGRAM, , UM, NOW THE NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, AND WHEREAS PARK HOUSTON HAS SERVED AS A CATALYST FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INNOVATIVE CURBSIDE MANAGEMENT TOOLS AND STAKEHOLDER COLLABORATION. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF HOUSTON RECOGNIZES PARK HOUSTON FOR ITS SUPPORT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, MOBILITY, AND TRANSPORTATION, AND EXTENDS ITS MOST SINCERE GRATITUDE FOR ITS UNWAVERING SUPPORT AND SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO THEREFORE, I, MR. TURNER MAYOR, CITY OF HOUSTON, HEREBY PROBABLY PROCLAIM AUGUST 23RD, 2022 AS PART HOUSTON APPRECIATION DATE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. WHO, SPEAKING, SPEAKING. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR THE RECOGNITION TODAY. UM, I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS DAY IN AND DAY OUT. PARKING IS A TOUGH BUSINESS. AND I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO THE TEAM FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT. EVERYTHING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER RIGHT OVER HERE IS IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT ANY OF THESE FOLKS. AND THIS AWARD IS FOR THEM. AND THEY, PARKING IS JUST A TOUGH JOB WHEN YOU DO IT RIGHT. PEOPLE GET MAD AT YOU , WHEN YOU DO YOUR JOB WELL. UM, SO, UH, THANK YOU TO THE TEAM AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR RECOGNIZING US TODAY. THANK YOU, MS. ORAD. MS. PEZ, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY? I I WANT [00:15:01] TO REITERATE EVERYTHING THAT MARIA, I WANNA REITERATE EVERYTHING THAT MARIA JUST SAID, BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MARIA'S LEADERSHIP IN THIS. SHE HAS TAKEN THIS HELM FOR SEVERAL YEARS. IT'S BEEN AT LEAST 10 YEARS, AND SHE HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB DOUBLING THEIR REVENUES, GIVING MORE BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND, AND FINDING COMMUNITY FRIENDLY PARKING, UH, REGULATIONS THAT ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO DO. 'CAUSE PARKING IS NOT AN EASY JOB, AS SHE SAID. AND YOU ARE THE VILLAIN IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND SHE'S FOUND A WAY TO BE THE FRIEND TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND NOT THE VILLAIN. SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO RECOGNIZE HER EFFORTS AS WELL. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR. YOU'RE SO RIGHT ABOUT THAT. AND I, I'D LIKE TO SAY IN, IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN MONTROSE, THERE IS A FOOD TRUCK THAT'S BEEN LEGALLY PARKED, AND IT'S GOT A BOOT. IT'S GOT A BOOT ON IT RIGHT NOW. SO THAT'S KIND OF GREAT. AGAIN, THANK YOU TO ALL WHO ARE THERE. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE IN THE QUEUE, AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH. COUNCIL MEMBER PECK. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WHEN THERE ARE PARKING ISSUES IN DISTRICT A, IT REALLY, UM, IS VERY UPSETTING TO A LOT OF CONSTITUENTS. AND YOUR DEPARTMENT IS ALWAYS SO RESPONSIVE WHEN THEY CONTACT US AND WE CONTACT YOUR DEPARTMENT. WE REALLY, WE NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT. WE KNOW THAT IT'S GETTING TAKEN CARE OF. SO REALLY JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. AND CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. AND, AND NOW FOR MY COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER CAMAN, ON SCREEN. ON THE SCREEN, YES. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON, UH, AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALQUAN FOR BRINGING THIS DIRECTOR PIAZ. UH, I CAN'T SPEAK HIGHLY ENOUGH OF THE WORK THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT DOES, AND, UH, MARIA, ESPECIALLY YOUR ENTIRE TEAM, UH, AS THE DIRECTOR PUT IT, UM, Y'ALL HAVE FOUND A WAY TO BE THE HEROES OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. AND I KNOW THAT'S TRUE IN DISTRICT C. GOD KNOWS THAT. UM, WE PROBABLY HAVE THE MOST CALLS INTO Y'ALL, UH, IN THE CITY. BUT TIME AND TIME AGAIN, YOU ARE THE ONES COMING UP WITH SOLUTIONS TO HELP SUPPORT OUR RESIDENTS, UM, HELP ENFORCEMENT. AND JUST A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE, UM, READER METERS AND FOLKS THAT ARE WALKING AROUND IN THE HEAT, IN THE RAIN, IN THE COLD, UM, TO ISSUE TICKETS, ENFORCE OUR LAWS, BRINGING REVENUE TO THE CITY, BUT ALSO PROTECTING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND KEEPING THEM SAFE. SO BIG, BIG THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. NEXT WE'LL HEAR FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ED POLLARD. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD, UH, TO THE DIRECTOR AND YOUR ENTIRE TEAM AND STAFF. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. UH, WE DON'T OFTEN GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU PUBLICLY, SO I WANT TO JUST SAY THANK YOU. I KNOW THAT YOUR JOB SOMETIMES CAN BE A THANKLESS JOB AND HAVE A LOT OF CHALLENGES, AND THAT YOU DEAL WITH PEOPLE THAT SOMETIMES AREN'T IN THE MOST PLEASANT MOODS WHEN THEY INTERACT WITH YOU, . UH, SO WE JUST WANT TO SAY WE APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS. UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON, AND IF MY OFFICE CAN DO ANYTHING TO HELP FACILITATE IT ANY WAY, UH, DON'T REACH OUT, DON'T, UM, HESITATE , DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT, BECAUSE WE'LL BE REACHING OUT TO YOU. I WAS THINKING ABOUT WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY. THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT I WANTED TO SAY. BUT, UH, , NO, THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. AND I BELIEVE THAT'S IT FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE QUEUE. AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UH, ALL YOUR WORK IN THE DEPARTMENT AND FOR BOTH OF YOU, GREAT AWARD. CONGRATULATIONS HERE TO THE AWARD. EVERYBODY. LET'S DO THIS PICTURE FIRST. OKAY. VERY EXCITED. NOW FOR A PHOTO. [00:23:58] OKAY. THE CHAIR NOW [2:00 P.M. – INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] RECOGNIZES COUNCIL MEMBER KUBOSH FOR THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. LET US PRAY. OUR FATHER, WHICH ART IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE THY NAME. THY KINGDOM COME, THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. GIVE US THE, STAY OUR DAILY BREAD AND FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS AS WE FORGIVE OUR DEBT. JUST, NO, JUST NO, NO. AYE. AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL. FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM AND THE POWER, AND THE GLORY FOREVER. AMEN. AMEN. PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY. JUSTICE. PLEASE PREPARE FOR [ROLL CALL AND ADOPT THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING] THE ROLL CALL, MADAM SECRETARY, MAYOR TURNER. [00:25:01] HERE. COUNCILMAN PECK. HERE. COUNCILMAN JACKSON. COUNCILMAN CAYMAN. PRESENT ONLINE. COUNCILMAN EVAN SHABAZZ. COUNCILMAN MARTIN. COUNCILMAN THOMAS. PRESENT. COUNCILMAN HUFFMAN. COUNCILMAN CISNEROS? HERE. COUNCILMAN GALLEGOS? HERE. COUNCILMAN POLLARD? HERE. COUNCILMAN CASTEX TATUM? HERE. COUNCILMAN KNOX? HERE. COUNCILMAN ROBINSON. HERE. COUNCILMAN KOSH. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER WILL BE ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN HERE, NEED A MOTION TO DELAY THE MINUTES. HUFF MOVE ROBINSON. IT'S BEEN MOVED. I HEAR SECOND. SECOND. KOSH BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND TO DELAY THE MINUTES. ANY OBJECTION, CHAIR? NONE. AND THE MOTION IS NOT IN THE MOTION TO GRANTED. AND COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN IS HERE. I WAS HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SHOW COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN BEING PRESENT. UH, JUST A FEW QUICK REMINDERS. UH, IF YOU, FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBER, SEAN, ONLINE, IF YOU HAVE TO LEAVE THE MEETING, PLEASE TYPE THAT IN THE CHECK WINDOW, AND THEN PLEASE MUTE YOURSELF. OKAY. IF YOU HAVE TO LEAVE THE ME MEETING COUNCIL MEMBERS, PLEASE TYPE THAT IN THE CHAT WINDOW. STATE YOUR NAME WHEN MAKING THEM A SECOND AND AN ITEM. AND FOR THOSE JOINING VIRTUALLY, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE TYPE THAT IN THE CHAT WINDOW. UH, AND THEN, UH, IF WE FAIL TO SEE YOU, JUST SPEAK UP, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS. FOR THOSE WHO ARE, UH, SPEAKING TO US TODAY, UH, IN OUR, PLEASE UNMUTE YOUR PHONES. IN ORDER TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A PUBLIC SPEAKER, YOU HAVE TO SIGN UP WITH THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE BY 3:00 PM YESTERDAY. AND WE WILL CALL YOUR NAME IN THE AUDIT THAT YOU SIGNED UP WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED. IF YOU'RE IN PERSON, PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM IF YOU ARE IN PERSON. IF YOU ARE CALLING IN, PRESS SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. IF YOU ARE APPEARING ON CAMERA, CLICK ON THE MICROPHONE ICON AND THE CAMERA ICON. AND THEN YOU WILL HAVE THE ONE, TWO, OR THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. AND WHEN YOU HEAR THE BELL RING, THAT MEANS YOUR TIME IS UP AND YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY COME TO AN END. ARE THERE ANY PROCEDURAL MOTIONS? PROCEDURAL MOTIONS. SEEING, HEARING NONE, MADAM SECRETARY [PUBLIC SPEAKERS] OF REVIEW, PROCEED TO CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER. OUR FIRST SPEAKER, RAYMOND NUNN. RAYMOND NUN, UH, IF YOU'LL PRESS STAR SIX. RAYMOND NUNN. STAR SIX. YES, I'M HERE. YES, I'M HERE. YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. OKAY. UH, I'M, UH, RAYMOND NUN. OKAY. OH, YES. UH, I'M CALLING IN REGARDS TO, UH, IN, UH, THE NFHP, UH, CLEM MANOR, UH, PROJECT AT FIFTH 300 K STREET IN, UH, HOUSTON, TEXAS. UH, I'M A MAKE READY PORTER MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT. I WAS FORMALLY WORKING THERE. I WAS TERMINATED AFTER THE POWER OUTAGE ON ONE OF MY OFF DAYS BECAUSE I WAS STANDING UP FOR THE RESIDENTS CONCERNING THE BED BUGS. UH, THE POWER OUTAGES, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PROBLEMS THAT PLAY THAT LOCATION FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF. UH, I MEAN, THERE'S JUST SO MANY PROBLEMS GOING ON THERE AT THAT LOCATION. YOU, YOU KNOW, BESIDES THE SEWER BAG UPS AND THE CONSISTENT, UH, CONTINUAL POWER OUTAGES, UH, THE MAINTENANCE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE UPKEEP OF THE PROPERTY, THE BUILDINGS, JUST THE BUILDINGS THEMSELVES, THE RATS. I MEAN, JUST, JUST EVERYTHING. AND SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY I WAS CALLING IN ON TODAY. ALSO ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS AT CLE MANOR APARTMENTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, OKAY. COUNCILMAN ROBINSON FOR PROCEDURE MOTION. MAYOR, THANK YOU. I'VE BEEN ASKED TO, UH, ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON TO ADD, UM, KATHY GUNTER TO THE LIST OF SPEAKERS TODAY, ON THE END OF THE THREE MINUTE. OKAY. YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND? THOMAS SECONDS IN THE OBJECTION CHAIR. NON GRANTED. THANK YOU, MAYOR. ADD KATHY GARNER TO THE END OF THE THREE MINUTES, THREE MINUTE AGENDA OR NON AGENDA? NON AGENDA. NOT SURE. NON AGENDA, LET'S SAY. OKAY. OKAY. NON AGENDA. OKAY. NEXT SPEAKER. EASTER. EASTER KENON EASTER KENERSON. IF YOU'LL PRESS STAR SIX EASTER. EASTER. KENERSON STAR SIX EASTER KENERSON. NEXT SPEAKER. JOETTA STEVENSON. DUETTA STEVENSON [00:30:01] IS HERE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR AND, UH, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. UM, MY NAME IS JOTA STEVENSON AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE GREATER FIFTH WARD SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I'M HERE TO, TO SPEAK AGAINST THE AWARDING OF ANY FUNDS TO NHP FOUNDATION. AND I SAY THAT, UM, KIND OF WITH A HEAVY HEART, BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN THE, THIS ORGANIZATION PURCHASED K STREET DEPARTMENTS TO, UH, WHICH WE ALSO KNOW AS CLEM MANOR. AND I REMEMBERED AT THAT TIME THAT THEY MADE A LOT OF PROMISES. MATTER OF FACT, THERE WAS AN MOU PUT IN PLACE WITH MEETINGS WITH RESIDENTS AS WELL AS ONE OF THE, UM, ONE OF OUR STRONGER NOR, UH, NONPROFITS. AND THEY, THEY ASSURED US THAT THEY WERE GONNA TREAT RESIDENTS, RIGHT? AND RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE NOT DOING THAT. THEY HAVE NOT DONE THAT FOR YEARS. MY LAST, UM, UH, MEETING OVER THERE AT CLEMMY MANOR, I WENT OVER THERE WHEN ALL THE POWER HAD GONE OUT, AND IT IMPACTED WELL OVER 150 HOMES. WHY? BECAUSE THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO NEGLECT. THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO HAVE DISREGARD FOR, UH, RESIDENTS. I WAS IN A PRIVATE MEETING WITH THE OWNER AND ONE OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS JUST AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, ABOUT HOW THE MISTREATMENT OF RESIDENTS, THEY HAVE A PATTERN. WHY WOULD WE REWARD AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS A PATTERN OF NEGLECT OF RESIDENTS, RATS, UM, UM, INSECT INFESTATION, UH, SEWAGE PROBLEMS, UH, JUST TOTAL DISRESPECT. THEY HAD A MANAGEMENT COMPANY IN PLACE UP UNTIL MAYBE A MONTH OR SO AGO THAT THEY KNEW WE COMPLAINED ABOUT THAT VERY COMPANY. THEY KNEW THEY WERE PROBLEMATIC, BUT YET, OH, WE BELIEVE THAT WHAT THEY SAY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PRETTY GOOD AT WHAT THEY DO. NO, THEY'RE NOT. AND THIS WAS BASICALLY OUR LAST CONVERSATION THAT I HAD WITH THE OWNER. SO I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY WE WOULD REWARD A GROUP THAT HAVE PROVEN TO SAY, WE DON'T CARE ABOUT MOUS. WE DON'T CARE ABOUT RESIDENTS A FIFTH WARD, AND THEREFORE, SINCE WE HAVE THAT PATTERN, IF YOU GIVE US THIS MONEY, WE'RE NOT GONNA, UH, CARE ABOUT THE NEW, UH, UH, UH, DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO REWARD THEM WITH. I THINK THAT WE SHOULD THINK LONG AND HARD BEFORE WE AGREE TO, TO, TO SAY, YES, WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU OVER $18 MILLION TO MOVE FORWARD. BECAUSE THEY HAVE PROVEN NOT TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES. YOU KNOW, AND, AND I DIDN'T WANNA TAKE UP A LOT OF TIME, BUT I DID WANT TO EXPRESS MY, MY CONCERNS, MY HEARTFELT CONCERNS. THANKS. THANKS, JOANNA. THANKS VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. OKAY. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, MARK SMITH. MARK SMITH. IT'S MARKY MARCUS HERE TO BE FOLLOWED BY DOLORES MAGRUDER. GOOD MORNING. HELLO. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR TURNER FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY. AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THIS ENTIRE COUNCIL FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM HERE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. AND OUR SUCCESS CONTINUES TO SERVE AS A MODEL FOR CITIES ACROSS THE NATION AND HOW TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS BY PROVIDING HOUSING AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR PEOPLE IN THEIR COMMUNITY. UM, I WORK FOR THE COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS. I'M A DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC PLANNING. THE COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS IS THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON, AS WELL AS HARRIS FORT BEN AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES. I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE DEVELOPMENT AT 3,300 CAROLINE STREET AND THE TIME SENSITIVE FUNDING THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT DEVELOPMENT. UH, I SPEAK IN FAVOR BECAUSE THE 149 UNITS WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT ARE CRITICALLY NEEDED FOR THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM. UH, AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, THE COVID COMMUNITY HOUSING PROGRAM FUNDED BY THE CITY OF HOUSTON HAS BEEN WILDLY SUCCESSFUL AND HAS HOUSED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. BUT WE ARE FACING A DIRE SITUATION OF A LACK OF ACCESSIBLE UNITS FOR PEOPLE, UH, EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. THIS CHALLENGE OF LACK OF UNITS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE TO OUR CLIENTS RISK, UH, DELAYING OUR CONTINUED PROGRESS OF ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY. MAGNIFI OUTHOUSE, WHICH IS A GENERAL PARTNER IN THE DEVELOPMENT, IS A PARTNER IN GOOD STANDING WITH HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM. AND WE'LL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE COALITION AND THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT THE RESIDENTS NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. AND IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT ANY ISSUES THAT THE PROPERTY ARE ADDRESSED, EVERY PERSON EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WHO IS HOUSED AT THIS PROPERTY WILL HAVE ACCESS TO CASE MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. SO INDIVIDUAL SUPPORTS WILL BE THERE FOR THOSE RESIDENTS. I ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THIS TIME SENSITIVE DEVELOPMENT AND FUNDING FOR PEOPLE, [00:35:01] UH, EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WHO CAN ACCESS THESE CRITICALLY NEEDED UNITS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MARK. NEXT SPEAKER, DOLORES MAGRUDER AND LORES MAGRUDER. IF YOU PRESS STAR SIX, DOLORES MAGRUDER. HELLO, UH, THIS IS DOLORES MAGRUDER. HOW ARE YOU DOING? MAYOR TURNER, UH, WE HAVE TALKED BEFORE, BUT I WANTED TO ADDRESS WHAT IS GOING ON NOW ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CLE MAN APARTMENT. I LIVED OVER THERE FOR 25 YEARS, FROM 1974 TO 1999. AT THE PRESENT MOMENT, I HAVE A LITTLE PROGRAM GOING OVER THERE, THE MUSTARD SEED PROGRAM. AND I WANT TO TELL YOU, MAYOR TURNER TURNER, THE SAME THING WAS GOING OVER THERE IN 1974. IT IS STILL GOING OVER IN CLEM MANOR IN 2022. WHAT HAPPENED? ME ATTORNEY, THE FACES CHANGED, BUT THE ATTITUDE AND THE DISRESPECT FOR THE RESIDENT OF CLEM MANOR NEVER HAVE CHANGED. THEY TALK ABOUT HOMELESSNESS, WHERE IF YOU LIVE IN CLEMON MANOR, YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HOMELESS BECAUSE YOU HAVE REPAIRS THAT NEED TO BE DONE. THEY NEVER DO GET AROUND TO IT. WHEN THEY DO, THEY HAVE REPAIR THE NEED THAT YOU NEED TO REPAIR YOUR APARTMENT COMPLEX. I MEAN, THE NEGLECT THING GOING ON FOR ALMOST THE WHOLE TIME, HALF OF MY LIFE SINCE I'VE BEEN ALIVE. I MEAN, IF YOU REALLY WANNA HELP SOMEBODY, MAYOR TURNER, HELP THE ONE THAT'S HOMELESS, THAT'S LIVING OVER THERE IN CLEMY MASS IN OUR APARTMENT COMPLEX, LET'S DO SOMETHING FOR THOSE PEOPLE. FIRST. REVEREND UH, I MEAN, YOU YOURSELF, MAYOR TURNER, WHY DON'T YOU JUST GO OVER THERE AND MEET SOME OF THE RESIDENTS, TALK TO THEM IN PERSON. IT'S STILL SOME RESIDENTS THAT BEEN LIVING OVER THERE SINCE 1974. AND THEY CAN TELL YOU ABOUT THE SEWAGE PROBLEM, WHICH THE LITTLE CHILDREN ALWAYS HAVE PLAYED IN THAT. WE HAVE THAT TRAIN CENTER BACK THERE WITH THE CREOLE POISON. I KNOW FOR A FACT, OVER 50 PEOPLE DIED DURING THE TIME I LIVED OVER THERE FROM RARE CANCER. NOT JUST COMMON CANCER, BUT RARE CANCER. MY HUSBAND, MY HUSBAND JUST PASSED AWAY FROM GALLBLADDER COUNT CANCER. MY EX-HUSBAND JUST PASSED AWAY AUGUST THE 23RD. AND THAT'S TODAY. SO THAT'S WHY, IF YOU HEARD MY VOICE, KIND OF LIKE IT SHRILLING TO YOU, IT'S NOT BECAUSE YOU MAYOR TURNER, IT'S BECAUSE OF THE INDIGNITY THAT THEY HAVE TOWARDS LOW INCOME PEOPLE THAT THEY CALLED THEY SELF HELPING MAYOR TURNER. I EVEN HAD THE VICE PRESIDENT TO FLY FROM WASHINGTON DC WHEN THEY FIRST BOUGHT THE PROPERTY. AND HE ASSURED ME THAT WHAT HAD BEEN GOING ON WASN'T GOING ON ANYMORE. BUT WHEN I HEARD THE HARBOR CONDITION THAT CLEMENT MAN STILL WAS IN, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD REMOVED THE APARTMENT, I CALLED HIM, HE SAID, HELLO. I TOLD HIM THE PROBLEM. HE NEVER WILL ANSWER MY CALLS AGAIN. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT IS GOING ON. WE, THEY WANT US TO BE SEEN. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. AND THANK YOU, MS. MAGRUDER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER, SANDRA EDWARDS. SANDRA EDWARDS IS HERE TO BE FOLLOWED BY KENDRA LONDON. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. I'M HERE AGAIN COMPLAINING. OKAY, UM, ABOUT THE NHP FOUNDATION. UH, I'M A BACK DOOR. MS. MCGRUDER AND THE GUY THAT WORKED THERE WHEN THEY HAD THE POWER W TO PACK RATS, A RAT PACK, ME, MS. JORDAN AND MR. WALTER. AND WE WENT OVER TO HELP THOSE PEOPLE. WASN'T NONE OF US MENTIONED ABOUT NOTHING THAT WE HELPED WITH, BUT EVERYBODY ELSE GOT AWARDS AND STUFF. WE DIDN'T LOOK FOR GO OVER THERE FOR HELP. I MEAN, FOR AWARDS. WE WENT OVER THERE TO HELP PEOPLE BECAUSE EVERY ONE OF, I'M GONNA SAY Y'ALL, I DON'T KNOW WHO ALL RESPONSIBLE, BUT Y'ALL ARE THE PEOPLE WE PUT IN ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT'S SUPPOSED TO STAND FOR THESE PEOPLE. WHY? THESE PEOPLE LIVING LIKE THE DOG POUND. I'M INCLUDED LIVING LIKE THE DOG POUND. I'M A HARVEY VICTIM. WE AIN'T GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT TODAY 'CAUSE I'M STILL AWAY. I SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIVE YEARS AGO. I'M STILL IN THE SAME AREA. BUT CLINTON MANOR AND THESE PEOPLE WANNA OWN CLINTON MANOR FOR WHAT? WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS? THEY, THEY TREATING 'EM LIKE THEY IN A DOG POUND. THAT IS NOT A DOG POUND. LAST I CHECKED, THOSE ARE HUMANS. WHY? NOBODY HAS WENT OVER THERE TO CHECK ON THEM. AND THEN THEY WANNA FIRE THE, THE MAINTENANCE MAN. 'CAUSE HE STOOD UP FOR THE PEOPLE. HE HAD A RIGHT TO HE THE ONE I CAN SHOW YOU THIS PICTURE RIGHT NOW. HE THE ONE GETTING RATS OUT THE, THAT THE TO OUT THEY TOILETS AND STUFF. HE THE ONE PICKING OUT, GETTING FESS OUTTA THEY STUFF ALL ON THIS PICTURE AND THIS VIDEO. AND THIS WENT VIRAL. 'CAUSE I PUT IT OUT THERE AND I HAVE HAVE PUTTING IT OUT THERE. SOMEBODY NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING FOR THESE PEOPLE FOR YOU. GRANT ANOTHER [00:40:01] WHAT? 18 MILLION FOR HIM TO GO DO THIS TO SOME MORE PEOPLE. THIS IS NOT RIGHT. THIS IS NOT RIGHT. AND Y'ALL KNOW IT'S NOT RIGHT. SO WHY ARE YOU AGREEING TO IT TO LET HIM DO THIS TO THESE PEOPLE? 'CAUSE AS LONG AS WE GOT BREATH IN US, WE GONNA FIGHT FOR THIS. THIS IS NOT RIGHT. AND I'M GONNA KEEP SAYING IT'S NOT RIGHT. Y'ALL KNOW IT'S NOT RIGHT EITHER. TREATING HUMANS LIKE THIS. WE FEEL LIKE IN FIFTH WARD, WE FEEL LIKE WE, THE DOG POUND COME DUMP ON US. IT'S OKAY BY Y'ALL. 'CAUSE NO, NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. FEEL LIKE IF WHEN THE FLOODS COME, IT'S OKAY BY Y'ALL 'CAUSE NOTHING GET DONE. OKAY? THE HOUSE, THE HOUSING UNIT SUPPOSED TO BE HOUSING IS NOT BEING TAKEN CARE OF OR UP TO MAINTENANCE. IT'S OKAY BY Y'ALL. 'CAUSE NOTHING IS BEING DONE. WHERE ARE Y'ALL GONNA STEP UP AND DO SOMETHING FOR US? FOR ONCE Y'ALL COME OUT THERE, WHEN IT'S TIME TO VOTE, COME OUT THERE. WHEN IT'S NOT TIME TO VOTE, COME OUT THERE, WALK THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH US AND TALK TO THE PEOPLE. LEARN THAT FIFTH WARD HAS BEEN DO OUT, TREATED BAD. EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN. WE DON'T GET NO JUSTICE AND WE NOT GETTING NO HELP. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? I MEAN, IT'S NOT ALL BLACK NO MORE. IT'S BLACK AND BROWN NOW. SO WE CAN'T USE RACES. WHAT'S THE PROBLEM THAT WE NEED TO DO? KILL EACH OTHER. 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY TRYING TO DO. I MEAN, I'M, I I DON'T KNOW NOTHING ELSE TO SAY OR DO. WHY CAN'T WE GET HELP WHEN WE ASK? THAT'S ALL I WANNA KNOW. DON'T ANSWER THAT ALL AT ONE TIME. THANKS. NEXT SPEAKER. KENDRA LONDON. KENDRA LONDON. KENDRA LONDON HERE. KENDRA LONDON IS HERE TO BE FOLLOWED BY MARY TRO. MISS LONDON, IF YOU GET RIGHT BEHIND THE MIC. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. UM, MY NAME IS KENDRA LONDON. I'M COMING TO YOU ALL AS A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF NHPF FOUNDATION. I AM AGAINST YOU ALL GRANTING FUNDS TO THIS COMPANY. IT'S ON PAPER. I LOOK LIKE AN EMPLOYEE OF LYNN BECAUSE THAT'S WHO PAID ME. I WORKED INSIDE OF CLEAR MANNA FOR ONE YEAR, FOR A YEAR AND A HALF UNDER OPERATION PATHWAYS. OPERATION PATHWAYS IS A SHELL COMPANY THAT I LEARNED THIS YEAR BECAUSE THAT COMPANY, WHEN I WENT TO CONFERENCE IN NEW YORK, LET ME KNOW THAT OPERATION PATHWAYS HAS NO EMPLOYEES. SO IT IS STRATEGICALLY PLACED TO DESTROY THE PEOPLE THAT THEY WROTE A MISSION STATEMENT TO HELP. I WAS THE RESIDENT SERVICE COORDINATOR AND MY DUTIES WERE TO BRING RESOURCES TO THE TENANTS. EVERY PARTNERSHIP THAT I BROUGHT, THEY BLOCKED IT. I ASKED FOR A READERS OR LEADERS PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH REPRESENTATIVE HAROLD DUTTON. AND THEY HAD THE AUDACITY TO ASK ME IF HE HAD LIABILITY INSURANCE. THE EMAILS THAT I HAVE SENT, I ADVOCATED AGAINST THE LIVING CONDITIONS FOR THE TENANTS. THEY WERE IGNORED. I WENT TO A MEETING AS A SPOKESMAN BECAUSE THEY PROMISED ATTENDANCE A TOWN HALL MEETING. THEY DID NOT SHOW UP FOR THAT MEETING. I WAS ASKED BY ELECTED OFFICIAL, UH, MS. ASHA JACKSON TO COME AS A SPOKESMAN. I WENT, WHEN I RETURNED, I WAS WRITTEN UP. I HAVE BEEN RETALIATED AGAINST BECAUSE I TAKE THEIR MISSION STATEMENT MORE PASSIONATELY THAN THEY DO. SO I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN FIFTH WARD. THE PEOPLE THAT I WAS SERVING WERE EITHER MY CLASSMATES OR THEIR PARENTS. THE, UM, TENANTS HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED FOR YEARS. THEY HAVE PREVENTABLE HARDSHIPS THERE. IT'S THINGS THAT LEND, THERE'S ANOTHER COMPANY THEY CONTRACT LEND LEND IS THE MANAGEMENT GROUP. BUT LYNN TAKES THEIR ORDERS FROM NHPF. NHPF SETS THE TONE FOR THE APARTMENT COMPLEX. THE, UM, MY WRITEUPS, I WAS THE ONLY PERSON GETTING WRITTEN UP. THE 149 UNITS YOU ALL WANT TO GRANT MONEY FOR. YI HAVE TENANTS THAT HAVE MEDICAL BILLS FOR BEDBUGS. THEY HAVE NEVER RECEIVED ASSISTANCE PREVENTABLE HARDSHIPS AS FAR AS THEM HAVING TO THROW AWAY FURNITURE THREE, FOUR OR FIVE TIMES. NO ONE IS HELPING THEM PAY FINANCIALLY FOR THEIR FURNITURE. BUT THE PROBLEM IS COMING FROM WITHIN NHPF FOR THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE PROPERTY. THE SEWAGE BACKUP. WHEN I WAS SPEAKING WITH RESIDENTS YESTERDAY, IT WAS BACK UP ON YESTERDAY. IT IS RAW SEWAGE BACKUP THAT GOES ON MONTHLY. THE POWER OUTAGE THAT HAPPENED COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED, BUT THAT MONEY THAT WAS GRANTED TO THEM IN 2016, THEY DID NOT DO RIGHT BY GOODBYE. TASHA JACKSON WROTE THE MOU FOR CLEM MANOR. THEY DID NOT ABIDE BY THAT. SO WHY WOULD WE SAY WE ARE GONNA WRITE SOMETHING ELSE AND THEN MAKE THEM HOLD THEMSELVES ACCOUNTABLE? THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT. THEY HAVE SHOWN THE PATTERN TIME EXPIRED. LET ME, LET ME JUST ESTABLISH A LITTLE CONTEXT FOR EVERYBODY, OKAY? BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO ASSUME THAT THE $18 MILLION FOR THE CITY ON THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT, IF A CAT CAN BE SPENT ON ANY OTHER PROJECT MM-HMM . BECAUSE IT CANNOT, OKAY, THIS $18 MILLION, THIS $18 MILLION HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE STATE GLO [00:45:02] SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS NEW PROJECT, MAGNIFICA, IF IT'S NOT SPENT ON MAGNIFIC MM-HMM . THEN IT IS GONE. OKAY? SO I JUST WANT, I JUST WANT US TO MAKE SURE WE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. IT CANNOT BE SPENT ON REMY MANOR ON ANY OTHER DEVELOPMENT WITH ANY OTHER DEVELOPER. SO JUST, JUST TO PUT IT IN CONTEXT, OKAY? YES, SIR. BUT I WANTED TO KNOW WHY WOULD WE CONTINUE TO REWARD BAD BEHAVIOR? THEY HAVE A PATTERN OF NEGLECT. AS AN EMPLOYEE. I WAS LEFT OUT SEVERAL TIMES OF A COVID OUTBREAK. NO ONE TOLD ME. INSTEAD THEY ASKED ME TO STAY IN THE FRONT OFFICE AND ANSWER THE PHONE. BUT THAT PUT MY, MYSELF AND MY FAMILY IN HARM'S WAY. I UNDERSTAND I'M NOT, I'M NOT TRYING, I'M, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY WE CONTINUE TO SAY PENDING OR PAUSING MONEY. I, MY, THE FIFTH WARD COMMUNITY DOESN'T BELIEVE WHEN PEOPLE SAY PENDING OR PAUSING MONEY OR FUNDING FOR US, YOU ALL PENDING THE I 45 EXPANSION. BUT THEN YOU LIFTED IT FOR SEGMENT THREE, WHICH AFFECTS FIFTH WARD. YOU PAUSING THIS MONEY IF YOU LIFT IT IN A COUPLE MONTHS AND GIVE THEM THAT MONEY, THOSE PEOPLE THAT THEY PROMISED TO TAKE CARE OF WILL BE UNDER THE SAME, IN THE SAME POSITION AS THE RESIDENTS OF CLEMENTA. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THE $18 MILLION GOES TO MAKE MAGNIFICENT, WHAT I'M ASKING IS THAT YOU ALL NOT GRANTED AT ALL, ALLOW THIS MULTIMILLION DOLLAR DEVELOPER TO FUND THEIR OWN PROJECT. AND ONCE THEY SHOW GREATNESS, REIMBURSE THEM. I UNDERST THANK YOU. UNDERSTAND. I'M UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ALL ARE SAYING, BUT I WANT EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND THE FACTS FOR THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION. THE $18 MILLION, $18 MILLION HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, MAGNIFICAT FOR HOMELESS. IF IT IS NOT SPENT ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, THEN THE MONEY, THE $18 MILLION IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE FOR ANY OTHER DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON BY THE CITY OF HOUSTON. IT RETURNS TO THE GLO. THAT'S, THAT IS THE FACT THAT I WANT EVERY, MA'AM YOU'VE HAD YOUR TURN, OKAY? WE'RE GONNA BE RESPECTFUL OF EACH OTHER TODAY, OKAY? I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY COMING, TAKING THE TIME TO SPEAK, BUT WE ARE GONNA DO IT IN A RESPECTFUL MANNER. OKAY? NEXT SPEAKER. MARY ESTRADA. MARY ESTRADA. HELLO, MAYOR TURNER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS MARY TROTTER. I AM A RESIDENT OF FIFTH WARD. I WAS RAISED HERE AND I AM THE VOICE OF FIFTH WARD. I'M ALSO A BLOCK CAPTAIN AND ON THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I, YOU KNOW WHAT? ALL MONEY AND GOOD MONEY, JUST BECAUSE THEY THROW A FEW DOLLARS, $2 OVER 100, WE GOT TO JUMP AND SAY, OH, THIS IS GOING TO BE WONDERFUL. HAVE WE DONE ANY KIND OF RESEARCH? HAVE WE DONE ANYTHING? BECAUSE WHAT'S BEEN, WHAT'S BROKEN HAS NOT BEEN FIXED YET. WHAT WE NEED TO SEE IS ACTION AND NOT JUST HEAR THE WORDS. OKAY? SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WAS RAISED ON. IT'S ABOUT ACTION. IT'S NOT ABOUT WORDS AND IT'S NOT ABOUT DOLLARS. 'CAUSE DOLLARS IS DOLLARS AND IT CAN BE BURNT. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, WE HAVE TOO MANY CHILDREN IN FIFTH WARD WHO ARE GETTING PASSED OVER BECAUSE THINGS ARE GOING ELSEWHERE. WE'RE TIRED OF GETTING PASSED OVER. WE'RE TIRED OF ASKING. WE WE'RE DEMANDING. AND THAT'S THE WAY I, I FEEL THAT'S WHAT I SEE AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA STAND ON. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. RONALD FORD. RONALD FORD. YOU PRESS STAR SIX RONALD FORD. STAR SIX RONALD FORD. NEXT SPEAKER. SHEILA. BEN. SHEILA BENAMI. IF YOU OPPRESS STAR SIX. YES. YES MA'AM. THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING AMIRA. MY NAME IS SHEILA AND I STAYED IN FIFTH WARD ALL MY LIFE. MY MOTHER MOVED THERE WHEN I WAS 15 AND I JUST HATE TO SEE THEM. PEOPLE GO THROUGH ALL THIS, WHAT THEY GOING THROUGH. IF I COULD HELP 'EM, I WOULD. I REALLY WOULD. I'M NOT MAD AT NOBODY. I JUST THANK GOD GOING TAKE CARE OF THIS. SOMEBODY SHOULD HELP THOSE PEOPLE. THEY REALLY SHOULD. THANK Y'ALL. HAVE A NICE DAY. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER FEAST BEN ENEMY FEAST. BEN ENEMY. IF YOU IMPRESS STAR SIX, FEAST BENNA. BEN. UH, HI MAYOR. HELLO, I'M KEITH BENNING. UH, YES, [00:50:02] I'M IFF WARD. UH, I LIKE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF, UH, UH, A A CLEAR MANNER. AND, UH, THE CLEANUP AROUND HERE IN FIFTH WARD IS, IS, IS IS VERY GOOD AND, AND CLEAR MANNER. UH, THEY ARE, UH, UH, STRUGGLING AND TRYING TO MAKE IT OVER THERE. I JUST LEFT OVER THERE ABOUT A HOUR AGO. AND THE SAME SITUATION IS, IS IS VERY BAD, UH, FOR THE CLEANUP FOR THE SEWER LINE IS STOPPED UP. AND IF YOU CAN GET THAT DONE, I THINK THAT PEOPLE HAVE A, A, A RELIEF. I TALKED TO ONE OF THE, UH, THE ATTENDANCE TODAY AND I'M VERY CONCERNED OF THAT COMPLEX BECAUSE, UH, I MET MY WIFE THERE AND I WANTED TO, TO SEE IT IN A NICE PARK THERE AND SCHOOL AT. SO, UH, MY BEHALF, UH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER, CARMEN COVEA. CARMEN CAVESA, VIDEO PRESS STAR SIX. HELLO MAYOR AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS CARMEN KZA AND I WORK FOR THE COALITION FOR ENVIRONMENT EQUITY AND RESILIENCE. AS WE ARE A COALITION AND WE ADVOCATE FOR FAIR HOUSING, I CANNOT, UH, IGNORE THE ISSUES THAT I'VE BEEN LEARNING WHILE WORKING, UH, WITH THE RESIDENTS AT CLIMATE. WE DID OVER 600 SURVEYS AND ABOUT A QUARTER OF THOSE SURVEYS REGARDING CLIMATE CHANGE AND HOW THAT AFFECT YOUR HEALTH. A QUARTER OF THOSE WERE DONE IN CLAY MANNER. WE LEARNED THAT RESIDENTS HAVE MANY ISSUES THERE AND MOST OF THEM ARE REGARDING PEST INFESTATION, SPECIFICALLY RATS, THE CONDITIONS THAT THOSE BUILDINGS ARE AND THE LACK OF MAINTENANCE, IT WAS REALLY STARTED. SO HOW CAN WE DO, OR HOW CAN YOU FIND A BALANCE? UH, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THOSE $18 MILLION COMING TO THE COMMUNITY FOR FAIR HOUSING. THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. BUT WOULD IT BE A POSSIBILITY TO LOOK FOR ANOTHER, ANOTHER MANAGEMENT COMPANY BECAUSE THIS COMPANY HAS NO GOOD TRACK RECORD? SO CAN YOU LISTEN TO COMMUNITY CONCERNS AND FIND ALTERNATIVES AND PRESENT OPTIONS TO THEM? BECAUSE REALLY, MAYOR, WHEN YOU GO THERE AND YOU TALK TO THE PEOPLE AND YOU HEAR FIRSTHAND THE IMPACTS ON THEIR HEALTH, YOU, YOU WOULDN'T BE AWARDING THIS MONEY TO THE SAME MANAGEMENT COMPANY THAT THEY'RE NOT DOING A GOOD JOB. SO AGAIN, SEER IS A COALITION THAT ADVOCATES FOR FAIR HOUSING, BUT THIS ISSUE HAD BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION EVERY TIME WE GO TO CLAIM MANNER, EVERY TIME THE COMMUNITY GO THROUGH A HARDSHIP. AND THE LAST ONE WAS THE LACK OF, UH, ELECTRICITY, THE SHUTDOWN THAT THEY HAVE A FEW MONTHS AGO. SO ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO THE RESIDENT'S CONCERN. PLEASE PRESENT OPTIONS AS YOU ARE SO KEEN INTERESTED OF USING THOSE $18 MILLION PRESENT OPTIONS. MAYOR, LISTEN TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, KMEL JOHNSON. KMEL JOHNSON. IF YOU PRESS STAR SIX CARMEL JOHNSON. CARMEL JOHNSON. NEXT SPEAKER, GIGI COLLINS. GIGI COLLINS STAR SIX. HELLO, MY NAME IS GIGI COLLINS. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. OKAY. UH, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND EVERYONE ONLINE AND EVERYBODY FROM AND THAT'S CONCERNED ABOUT THE PEOPLE THERE. BUT I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 60 YEARS AND THINGS NEVER CHANGE. BUT HOPEFULLY SOMETHING WILL COME THROUGH. Y'ALL BE ABLE TO GET SOME KIND OF FUNDS TO HELP CLEAR MANOR 'CAUSE THEY REALLY NEED HELP. AND THE FIFTH WARD COMMUNITY, EVERYBODY AND WARD, THEY SAID, SAID IT ALL FOR ME. SO THANK YOU. IF Y'ALL CAN GET HIM SOME HELP. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, LAVANIA PETIT LAVANIA PETIT. IF YOU'RE PRESSED STAR SIX LAVANIA PETIT STAR SIX. MY NAME IS LAVANA PETIT AND THE LORD'S PRAYER WAS [00:55:01] USED IN THE BEGINNING AND A QUICK SNIPPET, THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. GIVE US HIS DAILY BREATH. BUT AS A US CITIZEN, I'VE BEEN DENIED CONSISTENTLY FOR A YEAR FOR MY INSURANCE BENEFITS BY THE TEXAS W WC. UM, I'M A SINGLE MOTHER AND I WAS FIRED BECAUSE I WENT TO WORK ON THE DAY THAT MY SCHEDULE SHOWED THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO WORK. HOW CAN A PERSON BE DENIED THE RIGHT TO LIVE? WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE EMPLOYEES AND PEOPLE ARE QUICKLY THROWN AWAY WHEN THESE BIG CORPORATIONS LOSE INTEREST. AND THAT'S FINE. BUT WHAT'S NOT FINE IS THAT THE TRAUMA THAT I'VE EXPERIENCED WITH PWC CONSISTENTLY BEING DENIED. I WAS JUST GIVING YOU EVICTION NOTICE I HAVE CHILDREN, I HAVE ANIMALS TO TAKE CARE OF. AND THE THINGS THAT THE HEARING OFFICERS HAVE SAID TO ME, THANK YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER. JOYCE LOPEZ. JOYCE LOPEZ. YOU PRESS STAR SIX JOYCE LOPEZ. I HAVE HAPPILY LIVED AS A RESIDENT OF HOUSTON, TEXAS FOR 50 PLUS YEARS. I HAVE SEEN PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS ON TELEVISION ABOUT IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING. TODAY I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING. WEEKS AGO I READ AN ARTICLE IN THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE ABOUT A SENIOR AIDE OF THE CITY, CONVICTED OF A FELONY. SHORTLY AFTER THE PERSON SENT A LETTER OF RESIGNATION, CITING PERSONAL MEDICAL REASONS THE LETTER WAS ACCEPTED. I SAY, THE CITY EMPLOYEE SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED AND ALL CONTACT WITH THE CITY AND FUTURE CITY FUNDS SHOULD HAVE BEEN SEVERED. OUR CULTURE HAS BEEN ACCEPTING OF ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR WITHOUT JUSTIFIABLE CONSEQUENCES. WE HEAR THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNTRY'S PEOPLE THINK OUR COUNTRY IS HEADED IN THE WRONG DIRECTION, BUT THERE IS NO CHANGE IN DIRECTION. THE MEDIA REPORTS THAT OUR BELOVED CITY RANKS IN THE TOP FIVE LEADING OUT OF CONTROL CRIME. MAY IT BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL TO SET THE STANDARDS FOR CITY EMPLOYEES KNOWING THAT ILLEGAL ACTIONS ON THE CITY TIME CLOCK WILL RESULT IN TERMINATION. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. AMIR ANRI. AMIR ANARI. AMIR ANRI. NEXT SPEAKER. JOHNNY TAYLOR. JOHNNY. JOHNNY TAYLOR IS HERE. ONE PERSON AT A TIME. ONLY ONE PERSON AT A TIME. AND SHE'S NOT ON THE WEST, ARE YOU JOHNNY TAYLOR? I I MARY TAYLOR. SHE'S NOT ON THE WEST. WHO, WHO IS JOHNNY TAYLOR? I'M JOHNNY. JOHNNY TAYLOR. IS THERE A MOTION TO SUSPEND? MOTION? A SECOND. TALK SECOND. ANY OBJECTION, JUDGE? NONE. BUT JUST BEAR IN MIND FOR FUTURE REFERENCES, WHOEVER'S SPEAKING MUST SIGN UP AHEAD OF TIME. I CAN'T HEAR WHAT HE SAYS. WHOEVER CHOOSES TO SPEAK HAS TO SIGN UP. HUH? WHOEVER CHOOSES TO SPEAK HAS WAIT. WELL, I SPEAK FROM, I NEED BOTH. WE NEED, WELL I AM MARY TAYLOR, UH, MALE. I'M HERE. THEY REPAIRING MY HOME AND I HAVE NO PLACE TO STAY AND I NEED SOME HELP. I'VE BEEN SIPPING MY CAR FOR A COUPLE NIGHTS AND I'VE BEEN LIVING MY SON. BUT HE HAVE A HOUSE FULL. HE HAVE FIVE BOYS. AND I'D JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHY, UH, NOBODY MAKE RENTS. NOWHERE FOR ME TO STAY. AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY. I DON'T HAVE NOWHERE TO STAY. WAIT, IT'S GOTTA BE ONE PERSON AT A TIME. SO FOR THE HARVEY REPAIR, IT'S A HARVEY REPAIR. OKAY. AND NOW YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE STATE GLO? NO, THE CITY. THE'S CITY. NO, YOU CAN'T BE WORKING WITH THE CITY 'CAUSE IT'S THE STATE THAT'S HANDLING THE PROGRAM. THE CITY MANAGEMENT. THIS THE CITY MANAGE PROGRAM. THE STATE IS MANAGING THE HARVEY RECOVERY RE REPAIR PROGRAM. THE STATE GLO. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU HAD COMMUNICATION WITH SOMEBODY? LAST WEEK. AND WHO DID YOU TALK TO LAST WEEK? [01:00:02] WELL SEE IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION THEN YOU NEED TO BE THE ONE TALKING. OKAY. JOHNNY TALK. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. MAYOR TURNER. THIS IS, WAIT, WAIT, THIS IS, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. OKAY, WAIT. SORRY. WHAT IS YOUR NAME? MY NAME'S JOHNNY TAYLOR. OKAY THEN JOHNNY, YOU NEED TO COME AND, OKAY, NOW YOU SPEAK. OKAY, MAYOR TURNER. THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON CITY MANAGE PROGRAM. SO THIS IS NOT THE GLO, THIS IS THE ONE OF THE LAST FIVE PARTS OF THE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING. UM, WE MET MOST RECENTLY WITH YOUR DIRECTOR, UH, KEN. UM, AND HERE'S WHAT THE SITUATION IS. YOU MET, YOU MET WITH HIM WHEN? UH, LAST WEEK. UM, HERE'S THE SITUATION. IN, IN THIS, UH, IN THE POLICY, IT STATES THAT YOU PROVIDE THE MOVING, THE STORAGE AND THE TEMPORARY HOUSING. UM, THEY DID NOT WANNA PROVIDE THE HOUSING, THEY DIDN'T WANNA PROVIDE THE STORAGE OR THE MOVE. THEY ASKED US TO COVER THAT COST. NOW, MIND YOU, MAYOR ATTORNEY, I'M THE SAME PERSON THAT SPENT $49,000 OUTTA MY POCKET UNDER WHEN YOU HAD THE HOMEOWNER MANAGE PROGRAM. NONE OF THOSE DOLLARS HAVE BEEN REIMBURSED TO ME AS OF TODAY, ALMOST THREE YEARS LATER. UM, NOW WE'RE AT THE FINAL END OF MY MOTHER HOME BEING RECONSTRUCTED. AND THEY'RE NOT STILL FOLLOWING THE POLICIES UNDER THE CITY MANAGE PROGRAM WHERE AGAIN, THE CITY STATES AND THEY HAVE PROVIDED FOR EVERY OTHER RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT, HOUSING, MOVING AND STORAGE. UM, SO WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR TODAY, MAYOR TURNER, IS TO ASK YOU AND TO PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OUT OF THE CITY TO COVER THE TEMPORARY HOUSING PART, A PART OF YOUR POLICY FOR CITY MANAGED RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, UM, AS IT RELATES TO GETTING THIS COMPLETED. UM, AND SO MY MOTHER HAS SOME ADDITIONAL HOUSING PAID FOR. UM, SO THAT'S THE REQUEST. AND WHEN WE SPOKE WITH KEN LAST WEEK, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER PARTIES, JAMILA, YOU WERE TOLD THAT THIS BUDGETED AT SIX GRAND. UM, SO THAT'S WHAT, UM, IS OUTSTANDING AT THIS POINT. WE FINALLY GOT THE STORAGE, UM, APPROVED. WE FINALLY GOT THE MOVE MOVING COMPARTMENT, UH, COMPONENTS PAID FOR, APPROVED, BUT THE HOUSING IS STILL OUTSTANDING. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY, UM, TO TRY AND GET THAT COVERED, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. WELL, I'M LOOKING AT A MEMO AND IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T SPEAK TO ANY OF THAT. UM, WHAT, WHAT MEMO IS THAT? MAYOR TURNER. IT'S A MEMO THAT I HAVE ON EVERY PERSON. ALMOST. WHO SPEAKS TO GOD? WELL, WE'RE ONE OF THE LAST FIVE. LET ME, I LISTEN TO YOU. I JUST, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET THE FACTS. I'M, I'M TRYING TO GIVE 'EM TO YOU, SIR. AND SO WHEN IS THE LAST TIME, AND WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON THAT YOU TALKED WITH ABOUT THIS MANHATTAN? THE LAST TIME THAT WE SPOKE WAS LAST WEEK. LAST, UH, WEDNESDAY. YOU MET, YOU SPOKE TO WHOM? UM, WE ACTUALLY HAD, YOU HAD YOUR, YOUR DIRECTOR, UH, KEN AND HIS ENTIRE TEAM CAME OUT TO MY MOTHER'S HOUSE. YOU SPOKE, YOU SPOKE TO WHOM? UH, KEN, YOUR DIRECTOR OF THE HOAP PROGRAM. UM, I'M NOT, I FORGET KEN'S LAST NAME RIGHT NOW, BUT HE'S YOUR, I'M SORRY. HE'S YOUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. UH, HE WORKS UNDER, UM, I FORGET HIS LAST NAME, BUT, UH, HE'S UH, HE'S THE GENTLEMAN THAT CAME OUT LAST WEEK, LAST WEDNESDAY. AND HE, AND HE CAME OUT WHERE, WHERE DID HE GO? MET US AT MY MOTHER'S HOME WHERE THE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT IS BEING DONE. OKAY. ROXANNE, WHERE ARE YOU? SHE'S RIGHT THERE. OKAY. ROXANNE IS WITH HOUSING. YOU GET WITH ROXANNE. Y'ALL WORK OUT THESE FACTS AND GIVE ME A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. 'CAUSE I'M NOT READING IT ON HERE. OKAY. SO IF YOU AND YOUR MOM WILL GET WITH ROXANNE, WILL DO. AND THEN, UH, I JUST NEED TO KNOW THE FACTS. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALRIGHT. HAVE A GOOD DAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT SPEAKER. CHRISSY THOMAS LUMPKIN. CHRISSY THOMAS, LUMPKIN. STAR SIX. CHRISSY THOMAS. THOMAS LUMPKIN, STAR SIX. NEXT SPEAKER LUMI URI LUMI. NOURI STAR SIX LUMI URI. GREETINGS EVERYONE. I'M HERE. I'M ONLINE. I'M ON THE WEB PORTION. UH, GREETINGS TO EVERYONE AND I'LL ALL CHAIRS AVAILABLE. MY NAME IS LUMI. I AM HERE TODAY TO ADDRESS DISASTER PREPAREDNESS. CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME CLEARLY? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. I'M HERE TODAY TO, TO ADDRESS DISASTER PREPAREDNESS. I, UH, SEE, SEE, UH, SO MANY FATALITIES THAT WE HAVE SOMETIMES DURING THE STORM, AND I THOUGHT OF A SOLUTION THAT COULD BE HELPFUL. LOCALLY HERE IN OUR CITY IS PROBABLY EVEN NATIONWIDE. UH, IT DEALS WITH, UH, AMPHIBIAN VEHICLES. AND, UH, ANY OF YOU WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH AMPHIBIAN VEHICLES, THAT'S ON LAND AND ON WATER. UH, WE HAVE, UH, I'M PRETTY SURE ALL OF YOU HAVE SEEN THE HUM HUMMER MODELS BEFORE. WELL, THEY HAVE A CROSS BREED CALLED A HUMVEE. IT'S LIKE A HUMMER, WHICH IS GOOD [01:05:01] FOR A RESCUE VEHICLE. AND THEY HAVE A TWO V, WHICH IS A, A FORM OF A HUMMER TRUCK WITH AN OPEN BACK. AND I THOUGHT MAYBE THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR DOING, UH, RESCUE AND DISASTER MOMENTS BECAUSE IT WOULD CUT DOWN ON THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIME. BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTY THAT YOU MAY HAVE TRYING TO GET A BOAT INTO CERTAIN AREAS THAT AREN'T ACCESSIBLE BY BOAT. YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE BOAT IN BY VEHICLE, OR MAYBE THE VEHICLE CAN'T ACCESS CERTAIN AREAS. WHEREAS YOU HAVE AN AMPHIBIAN VEHICLE, THE AMPHIBIAN TRAVELS ONLINE AND CAN JUST DRIVE RIGHT INTO WATER AND RIGHT OUT OF WATER. SO THAT WOULD MAKE THE RESCUE RESPONSE TIME, UM, THAT WOULD CUT THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT. THEY ALSO HAVE, UH, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THE, I TRY TO GET AS FAST AS I CAN. THERE IS A TWO V MODEL, THAT'S THE, THE HUM, THE HUMMER TRUCK MODEL. THEN YOU HAVE THE HUMVEE, WHICH IS THE CROSS BREED OF A HUMMER. THEN THEY HAVE A, A MODEL CALLED THE TERRA WIND. THEY LITERALLY HAVE AN RV, AMPHIBIAN RV, THEN THEY HAVE A SEALANDER CAMPER. IT'S LIKE A SIMILAR TO SMALL FIFTH WHEEL TYPE THINGY. SO THERE'S FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF MODELS, AND I DO HAVE EXTRA INFORMATION, BUT I PROBABLY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GIVE YOU ALL THE WEBSITES OR ANYTHING HERE. SO IF, UM, IT'D BE SO KIND AND GIVE ME, UM, AN EMAIL OR SOMETHING WHERE I MAY SEND, UH, THE REST OF THIS INFORMATION, I COULD DO THAT. THEY HAVE WHOLESALER AND MANUFACTURERS OF, UM, AMPHIBIAN VEHICLES AND LOCAL DEALERS AS WELL. MATTER OF FACT, I WAS SAYING NOBODY EVER THOUGHT OF THIS IDEAL. I JUST FOUND OUT TODAY LOOKING UP SOME INFORMATION. YOU GUYS ALSO HAVE, I DON'T KNOW WHERE POTTER COUNTY IS, BUT THERE IS A SHERIFF FROM POTTER COUNTY WHO JUST PURCHASED A, UH, AMPHIBIAN. YES MA'AM. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN KUBA. RIGHT. OKAY. SO, UH, ONE SECOND. AND, AND YES, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THESE, UH, AMPHIBIOUS. UH, THEY, SOME PEOPLE CALL 'EM DUCK BOATS, UH, RIGHT AFTER HARVEY. UH, WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING THEM BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HIGH WATER VEHICLES, UH, THEY ARE LIMITED BECAUSE OF, OF, OF WATER THAT MAY GET REALLY DEEP. RIGHT. BUT IF YOU HAVE A DUCK BOAT OR WHICH YOU, WHICH YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH MM-HMM . THE MILITARY HAD A NUMBER OF THEM. AND CERTAIN, UH, CITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BOUGHT MANY OF THEM AND USED THEM, UH, TO, TO, TO, UH, ACTUALLY, UH, DO TOURS IN SOME OF THE CITIES THAT HAVE, UH, WATERS AND CANALS. SO I DO APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS UP. I THINK IT, I THINK DUCK BOATS ARE, ARE THESE AMPHIBIOUS BOAT, UH, VEHICLES ARE, ARE REALLY THE THING TO HAVE IN THIS TYPE OF SITUATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BUT I'M, I'M ALSO VERY MUCH AWARE OF IT AND I APPRECIATE YOU COMING FORWARD AND SHINING THE LIGHT ON THIS AGAIN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. YOU ARE VERY WELCOME. NEXT SPEAKER , BOSTON ML, BOSTON. M MIGUEL BOSTON. NEXT SPEAKER, DEBORAH. DEBORAH BA. DEBORAH BA BA. HONEY PRESS STAR SIX. DEBORA BABY DEBORAH. NEXT SPEAKER MICHAEL MAXEY. MICHAEL MAXEY, STAR, IF YOU'LL PRESS STAR SIX. MICHAEL MAXEY, STAR SIX. MICHAEL MAXEY, STAR SIX. NEXT SPEAKER. STEVE WILLIAMS. STEVE WILLIAMS. IF YOU'RE PRESS STAR SIX. STEVE WILLIAMS, STAR SIX. STEVE WILLIAMS. NEXT SPEAKER. NEXT SPEAKER. BRIDGET LAND. BRIDGET, LAND STAR SIX, BRIDGET LAND. IF YOU'LL PRESS STAR SIX, BRIDGET LAND NEXT SPEAKER. DR. ANGENETTE WYATT. DR. ANTOINETTE WYATT IS HERE TO BE FOLLOWED BY JOEL DEJE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. GOOD AFTERNOON. GET RIGHT BEHIND THE MIC. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR TURNER. COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, I'M DR. ANGENETTE WYATT. AND I AM HERE, UH, NOT ON MY OWN BEHALF, BUT ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY. UH, ON BEHALF OF MY NIECE, CHRISTINA, UH, SIMMONS AND THEIR, AND, UH, LEE SIMMONS, WHO WAS KILLED IN THE ACCIDENT ON I 45 BY THE 18 WHEELER. UM, THAT IS MY FAMILY AND I WANTED TO BE HERE TO ENCOURAGE, [01:10:01] UH, THE COUNCIL TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE DANGERS ON OUR HIGHWAYS. IN PARTICULAR, I 45 FREEWAY. WE ARE RANKED THE NUMBER ONE MOST DANGEROUS HIGHWAY IN AMERICA AND GLOBALLY AS WELL. THERE ARE OVER 56.6 DEATHS PER HUNDRED MILES. AND THE MOST DANGEROUS PART IS THE PART THAT GOES THROUGH OUR CITY. UM, IT COULD HAVE BEEN ANY OF OUR FAMILY MEMBERS. MAYOR TURN. I KNOW YOU HAVE TO DRIVE I 45 GOING TO AKERS HOME EVERY DAY. IT COULD HAVE BEEN ANY ONE OF US IN ONE, ANY ONE OF OUR FAMILIES. IT IS TIME FOR THE CITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT SAFETY, IN PARTICULAR, TRUCK SAFETY ON OUR ROADS. UM, WE NEED TO REGULATE THESE TRUCKS. I JUST SAW A STUDY THAT RECENTLY, OR IN INVESTIGATION THAT SHOWED THAT THE TRUCKS THAT WERE STOPPED RECENTLY AFTER THIS ACCIDENT HAD A PLETHORA OF VIOLATION AND THEY'RE ON OUR ROADS EVERY DAY. SO IT IS TIME FOR THE CITY TO STEP UP AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE SAFETY ON OUR HIGHWAYS. AND THIS IS FOR CARLY AND CASEY, THE 22 MONTH OLD, THE EIGHT MONTH OLD, UH, AND CHASE WHO WAS IN THE CAR. THESE ARE MY NIECES AND NEPHEWS WHO WILL NOT SEE THEIR FATHER. 3-YEAR-OLD LEE SIMMONS, WHO LOST HIS LIFE'S LIFE ON OUR ROADS. AND I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT HIM SO YOU WILL REMEMBER HIM, AND THAT YOU WILL TAKE ACTION AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE ROADS IN OUR CITY. THANK YOU. ONE SECOND, ONE SECOND, PLEASE. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND DR. WYATT. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING FORWARD. I KNOW THAT IT CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT TO SPEAK PUBLICLY AFTER A LOSS, UH, BUT I DO WANNA OFFER MY CONDOLENCES TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING THIS INFORMATION AND WE'LL LOOK INTO IT. GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL TO COUNCIL ROBINSON. THANK YOU DR. WYATT FOR BEING HERE. WE'RE SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS AND YOUR FAMILY AND, UH, THAT IS HORRIBLE NEWS. UM, JUST WANTED TO SAY, SINCE I AM THE CHAIR OF THE TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, THAT WE ARE REALLY DEDICATED AND FOCUSED ON THE ISSUE THAT YOU BRING TO US TODAY. IT'S SO SERIOUS. WE'RE WORKING ALONG WITH THE, THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY, THE METROPOLITAN UH, PLANNING ORGANIZATION THAT'S CALLED HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL. AND THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY COUNCIL IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALSO ARE WORKING ON. TDOT IS OUR PARTNER IN THIS MISSION. THEY'RE COMMITTED TO WHAT THEY CALL THE VISION ZERO, WHICH IS TO ELIMINATE ALL HIGHWAY AND ROADWAY DEATHS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. UH, IT'S A, IT'S A BIG CHARGE, BUT WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO DO OUR PART TO REDUCE, UM, WHAT SOME CALL ACCIDENTS, BUT THE CRASHES THAT OCCUR ON OUR HIGHWAY SYSTEM. AND AGAIN, WE'RE JUST SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN ROBINSON. AND THEN, DO, BEAR IN MIND THAT, UM, THE 40 FIVES, THE 50 NINES, THE SIX TENS, THOSE ARE ALL STATE HIGHWAYS, CITY OF HOUSTON, I CAN'T CONTROL WHAT TAKES PLACE. THE CITY CAN'T CONTROL WHAT TAKES PLACE ON THE FREEWAYS. SO WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT 59 I 45, 6, 10 I 10, I TEN TWO NINETY, THOSE ARE ALL STATE HIGHWAYS. THEY, THEY REGULATE THOSE. WE CAN'T EVEN DETERMINE, WE CAN'T EVEN PLACE CAMERAS ON THOSE FREEWAYS WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT. WITH RESPECT TO THE ADDITIONAL STREETS AND ROADS IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, THOSE ARE UNDER OUR JURISDICTION. AND WE HAVE INSTITUTED VISION ZERO AS COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON TALKED ABOUT, AND IT IS TO COME DOWN TO ZERO ACCIDENTS BY 2030. THAT'S THE STATED GOAL. SO JUST TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF WHO'S RESPONSIBLE, YOU KNOW, FOR WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS, I'M SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS. THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY AND SHARING INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. I, I, I HADN'T HEARD THAT, AND I'M JUST REALLY SORRY. UM, UM, ALSO JUST TO REEMPHASIZE WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID ALREADY, YOU KNOW, THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO HAVING SAFER ROADS IN HOUSTON, UM, WE, WE HAD A MEETING THAT JUST THIS MORNING THAT TDOT WAS PRESENTING. AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE DON'T CONTROL THEM. WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTROL THEM, BUT, BUT, UM, BUT WE, WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO GET THEM TO WORK WITH US TO MAKE OUR ROAD SAFER. WE KNOW I 45 IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILWOMAN CINCINNATI. I, I JUST WANT TO TELL TWO THINGS. MY BROTHER DIED IN HOUSTON, THIS ON THE ROADS, AND MAYOR BILL WHITE PUT UP THE SIGNS GOING TO PIERCE, GETTING ON I 45, WHERE HE LOST HIS LIFE THINKING HE WAS ON THE FREEWAY, BUT WAS NOT ON THE FREEWAY, AND RAN STRAIGHT INTO THE BARRIER WHERE IT BLEW UP THE COUNCIL. THEN IN 2006, BEAR MAYOR, BILL WHITE PROMISED TO PUT THE SIGNS UP. HE DID THAT. HE, HE FOLLOWED THROUGH. BUT TODAY, IF YOU GO, SOMEONE HAS TAKEN DOWN THOSE VERY SIGNS WHERE, WHERE THIS HAPPENED TO ME, YOU KNOW, 15 YEARS AGO IN LOSS OF MY BROTHER THAT IS NOT ON THE FREEWAY, THAT IS RIGHT AT [01:15:01] PIERCE, GETTING ON THE FREEWAY, WHERE MANY OF PEOPLE OR THAT MOVE HERE FROM OUT OF TOWN, THEY'RE CONFUSED. THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND. PLEASE PUT THOSE SIGNS BACK UP. MAYOR TURNER, UH, AT LEAST IN THE MEMORY OF MY BROTHER WHO DIED, TRYING TO GET ON I 45 AT PIERCE, THERE ARE TWO LANES. ONE GOES THIS WAY, ONE GOES UP ON THE FREEWAY. PLEASE PUT THE, IN THE, THE, THE, THE SIGNAGE BACK UP. THAT MAYOR, UH, BILL WHITE PUT UP BACK THEN, UM, AFTER THE DEATH OF MY BROTHER. BUT HERE I AM AGAIN ABOUT ANOTHER DEATH IN MY FAMILY. BUT THAT ROAD IS YOUR, YOUR JURISDICTION. AND I WILL BE AT THE STATE OF TEXAS, UM, IN, WITH GOVERNOR ABBOTT COMING UP TO ADDRESS THIS FERRY ISSUE. UH, ALSO, I'D LIKE TO, UM, HAVE REACH OUT TO YOU GUYS AND SAY, COME OUT TO THE FUNERAL. IT'S FRIDAY AT 11:00 AM AT NEWLIGHT CHRISTIAN CENTER, AND I THANK, UM, EVERYONE THAT HAS BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE OF OUR FAMILY DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME. LET JUST KNOW THAT, UM, WE ARE PRAYING FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. ANNUAL, WE ALWAYS WANT TO DO THINGS, UH, THAT WILL PREVENT, UH, THESE SORT OF ACCIDENTS, TRAGEDIES, LOSS OF LIFE FROM HAPPENING, FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. SO, UM, ALL JURISDICTIONS, UH, HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER IN ORDER FOR THAT TO TAKE PLACE, WHETHER IT'S THE STATE, WHETHER IT'S THE LOCAL, WHETHER IT'S THE FEDS, UM, AS FAR AS THE PEOPLE WHO USE THESE ROADS ARE CONCERNED, WE'RE ALL PARTNERS IN IT. SO, UM, UM, BUT YOU DO KNOW THE Y'ALL OF PRAYERS AND IT WILL BE TAKING PLACE AT, UH, AT DR. HILL'S. YES. CHURCH. DR. HUG HAS BEEN KIND ENOUGH YEAH. TO HAVE IT THERE. SO WILL BE. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS. SURE. OKAY. NEXT SPEAKER, JOEL DEJE. JOEL DE JEAN TO BE FOLLOWED BY RON ICK. GREETINGS. MY NAME IS JOEL DEJE, AND I AM ON THE BALLOT IN THE NEW 38 CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT AS A ROU INDEPENDENT IN NOVEMBER. I SPOKE TO YOU ALL LAST FEBRUARY, 2021 ABOUT THE FOLLY OF STICKING WITH RENEWABLE POWER. SIX DAYS LATER, THE STATE WAS HIT WITH THE GREAT FREEZE, AND THE 30 GIGAWATTS OF RATED CAPACITY FROM THE WINDMILLS IN WEST TEXAS WERE ABLE TO PUT OUT LESS THAN 10% OR THREE GIGAWATTS OF THAT. THE BACKUP NATURAL GAS GENERATORS, WHICH WERE DEREGULATED UNDER EDRO AND GEORGE EDRO BUSH FAILED. HUNDREDS OF TEXANS LOST THEIR LIVES. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE LAST MONTH. ERCOT WARNED TEXANS TO RAISE THEIR THERMOSTAT OVER 78 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, NOT TO USE APPLIANCES FROM 2:00 PM TO 9:00 PM BECAUSE UNBELIEVABLE TEMPERATURES, A HUNDRED DEGREES IN TEXAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE AND BACK. COMBINED WITH OUTPUT AGAIN FROM THE LAND BASE, WINDMILLS RATED AT 30 GIGAWATTS COULD PUT OUT ONLY 10% OF THAT FAILED. NOW, THIS FAILED POLICY WAS GIVEN TO US BY GEORGE ENRON BUSH, RICK PERRY, AND THE REPUBLICANS. SO WHAT DO THE DEMOCRATS HAVE TO SAY? WELL, BIDEN AND THE DEMOCRATS JUST PASSED THEIR INFLATION REDUCTION ACT, WHICH PROMISES TO PUT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MORE WINDMILLS. NOT ALL LAND, BUT OFFSHORE, WASTING TENS OF HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THIS BOONDOGGLE. WHAT SHOULD BE DONE? WE SHOULD GO WITH CLEAN, SAFE, NUCLEAR FISSION POWER, HIGHER ENERGY DENSITY. WE SHOULD STICK WITH FOSSIL FUELS, WITH BUILT HOUSTON, WHICH BUILT TEXAS AND SERVED THE NATION. WE SHOULD GO TOWARDS RESEARCH THE NUCLEAR FUSION. IF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT CARBON DIOXIDE, YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO WHAT DR. NEIL FRANK HAD TO SAY ON MY WEBCAST, JULY 28TH, WHERE THERE WAS A LINK ON MY, UH, WEBSITE AND ALSO ON THE LEAFLET THAT YOU HAVE, WHERE HE GOES THROUGH 15 MINUTES ON THE REAL NATURE OF CARBON DIOXIDE IN ITS ROLE IN WEATHER AND CLIMATE. THIS PORSCHE, FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY IS PROVEN TO BE A FAILURE. THIS IS A FOLLY ON TOP OF FOLLY. AND THE REASON FOR IT WAS GIVEN TO US BY ROBERT JENSEN, A PROFESSOR AT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, WHO SAYS THAT, OF COURSE, RENEWABLE POWER CANNOT DEAL WITH 8 BILLION PEOPLE ON THIS PLANET. WE HAVE TO REDUCE IT TO 6 BILLION, POSSIBLY 4 BILLION. HE NEVER WENT THROUGH WHO THE 2 BILLION HE IS GONNA KILL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU. [01:20:02] NEXT SPEAKER, RON ICK. HI, GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS RON BEHA. I'M AN ASSOCIATE OF THE SCHILLER INSTITUTE AND AN ACTIVE ORGANIZER WITH LYNDON ROCHE'S MOVEMENT. THIS CHART COMMENT TODAY OCCURS IN THE CONTEXT OF A BATTLE BETWEEN TWO HISTORIC SYSTEMS IN OUTLOOK AND FORCE. THIS BATTLE, WHICH WAS THE CAUSE OF BOTH WORLD WARS LAST CENTURY, HAS THE WORLD PRESENTLY AT THE LEVEL OF A THIRD WORLD WAR. THIS ONE PROBABLY THERMONUCLEAR IF SANE VOICES DO NOT INTERVENE IMMEDIATELY AND CHANGE THE AGGRESSIVE NATURE OF A FACTION WITHIN THE UNITED STATES ITSELF. THE FIRST SYSTEM, AN EMPIRE OUTLOOK, WHICH IS THE, IN THE RECENT PERIOD, HAS BEEN RUN THROUGH THE CENTRAL BANKING SYSTEMS. IT INCLUDES THE CONTROL OF US CREDIT THROUGH THE POLICY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE IS ONGOING, QUANTITATIVE EASING POLICY OF BAILOUTS, THE CREDIT POLICY ITSELF, AND WHO GETS THE CREDIT. AND THIS FI THIS SYSTEM IS FINISHED. THE PRESENT HYPERINFLATIONARY SITUATION PROVES SUCH NO AMOUNT OF GREAT RESET MONIES, CONDUIT THROUGH GREEN, NEW DEAL, WIND, SOLAR, RENEWABLE INVESTMENT BUBBLES, OR TAX, UH, CARBON TAX, UH, CASH FLOWS ON FOSSIL FUELS, ET CETERA, ARE GOING TO ALLEVIATE THIS. IT INCREASES THE RATE OF THE RATE OF THE BUBBLES WHILE COLLAPSING THE PHYSICAL ECONOMY EXPONENTIALLY AS WELL. THE SECOND SYSTEM, FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE AMERICAN SYSTEM, VECTORS NATIONAL CREDIT INTO PHYSICAL ECONOMY, INFRASTRUCTURE, THINGS LIKE TRA, TRANSPORTATION POWER, AGRI AGRICULTURE, HUMAN HEALTH, EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT. THE MAJORITY OF THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD ARE MOVING IN THIS DIRECTION. PRESENTLY, RUSSIA AND CHINA, 140 NATIONS INVOLVED IN THE BELT AND ROAD PROJECTS. THIS IS THE FOCUS OF THE SCHILLER INSTITUTE'S CALL FOR A NEW STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT ARCHITECTURE IN A NEW BRETTON WOODS ARRANGEMENT. THIS IS ALSO THE REAL INTEREST OF THE UNITED STATES AS WELL. TO STOP, TO STOP SUCH DEVELOPMENT, THE POTENT AND POTENTIAL, THE EMPIRE FACTION, THE BRITISH EMPIRE, AND THE WALL STREET FACTION IS ORCHESTRATING THE NATO GLOBAL PROVOCATIVE AGGRESSIONS. FIVE YEARS AGO, WE SHOULD ACTUALLY RETURN TO THE SANITY REPRESENTED BY MAYOR TURNER'S 2017 EXPLORATORY TRIP TO CHINA IN PEACE THROUGH DEVELOPMENT. THIS SHOULD BE THE FOCUS OF, OF, ON RUSSIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES AND NATIONS AS WELL. TO DO THE INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD OPEN UP 1.5 BILLION PRODUCTIVE JOBS, 60 BILLION OF THOSE IN THE UNITED STATES. IT WOULD REQUIRE ROUGHLY 8,000 GIGAWATTS OF POWER, TOTALLY INFEASIBLE WITH WIND AND SOLAR LA'S FORECAST ON THIS WAS ACCURATE. IT'S TRUE TODAY, THE PRESENT CAPITULATION TO BACKWARDNESS THE MALTHUSIAN IDEOLOGY, WHILE CLAIMING SCIENTIFIC BRILLIANCE MUST END. WE NEED A PUBLIC SCIENTIFIC FORUM HOSTED IN HOUSTON IMMEDIATELY. DOM HAS EXPIRED VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN MCCAIN ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT. ON THE SCREEN. YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO READ, UH, INTO THE RECORD FOR PUBLIC THAT THE SCHILLER INSTITUTE, UM, THE SCOTLAND YARD HAS, UH, DETERMINED BLAMES THE JEWISH PEOPLE FOR MANY OF THE PROBLEMS OF THE WORLD. UH, GERMAN NEWSPAPERS HAVE ALSO CATEGORIZED THE SCHILLER INSTITUTE AS ANTI-SEMITIC. PLEASE SUBMIT THE DOCUMENTATION. PROOF. YOU ARE RIDICULOUS. OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE NEXT SPEAKER, SAMUEL MAYS. SAMUEL SAMUEL MORRIS MAR MORRIS. HERE. CAN WE FOLLOWED BY MARGARET BAN. WE HERE TODAY. IF YOU GET RIGHT BEHIND THE MIC, PLEASE, RIGHT BEHIND THE MIC. MY NAME IS SAMUEL MAR. UH, I'M HAVING A PROBLEM WITH, UH, HOUSTON, UH, POLICE AND, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, PROTECTION, UH, IN, UH, INSPECTORS ON, UH, THERE'S A CONSPIRACY GOING ON AGAINST ME. LAST YEAR, THEY GAVE ME 95 TICKETS, AND THIS YEAR I ALREADY GOT UP TO 70. THEY CAME IN, UH, GAVE ME, UH, THEY GAVE ME TIME TO CLEAN MY PROPERTY AND EVERYTHING. AND THEN ANOTHER LADY COMES AND THEY GIVE ME, UM, UH, SOME KIND OF, UM, ABATEMENT ORDER. SO I SHOWED HER THE ORDER THAT I ALREADY HAD FROM A COURT. AND, AND, UH, HPD OFFICER INTERRUPTS AND SAYS, UH, UH, [01:25:01] THAT DON'T, THAT, UH, THAT, THAT DON'T, UH, STOP THEM FROM DOING WHAT THEY GOTTA DO. I SAID, I'VE ALREADY CLEANED THE PRAYER. I ALREADY, THEY CAME AND TOOK EVERYTHING. THEY TOOK MY DOG HOUSE. THEY TOOK EVERYTHING THAT WASN'T NAILED DOWN. AND THE OFFICER, WHEN I COME OUT, THEY THREW THE, UH, ABATEMENT PAPER OUT THERE. THEY THOUGHT I WAS ASLEEP OR SOMETHING. THEY DIDN'T THINK I WAS HOME. MY NEIGHBOR CALLS ME. I COME OUT THE PRO, THE PRO THE MAN THAT I'VE BEEN HAVING PROBLEM WITH THIS CATTY QUARTER FROM ME. HE, HE, THE OFFICER WAS OVER THERE AT THEIR HOUSE. AND SO WHEN HE COMES BACK, OH, ASK HIM, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE. HE SAYS, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT STARTED TROUBLE WITH ME AND GOT THESE PEOPLE OVER THERE. AND THEN AFTER THAT, THIS OFFICER STARTED PUTTING TICKETS ON MY, UH, VEHICLES. AND, UM, I GO TO COURT ON IT, THEY GIMME A RESET. THIS OFFICER GOES BACK TO MY HOUSE AFTER THEY TOOK EVERYTHING, HE'S TAKING PICTURES OF MY HOUSE AGAIN. AND MY NEIGHBORS CALLED ME AND TELL ME OVER THERE. SO, UH, THEN THEY STARTED ON, ON, UH, MY DAD'S HOUSE. AND I WENT TO COURT ON THAT. I GOTTA GO BACK THE 25TH IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. AND THEY GAVE ME A TIME LIMIT TO CLEAN EVERYTHING. THIS OFFICER IS OVER THERE REACHING OVER MY FENCE. THEY GOT A WOODEN GAUGE REACHING OVER WITH A FENCE, FILL IN THE PROPERTY BACK THERE. I MEAN, HE STEADILY RIDING ME LIKE HE'S OUT FOR BLOOD. MEANWHILE, HE'S GOT ME ALL PRESSURED AND I'M UNDER STRESS AND CAN'T THINK, RIGHT? AND, UH, AND IT'S JUST ME. I TRY TO HIRE SOME PEOPLE TO HELP ME. THEY WIND UP STEALING FROM ME. SO, UM, AND UM, AFTER THEY TOOK MY STUFF OVER THERE AT MY HOUSE, TWO DAYS LATER AFTER THAT, UH, THIS MAN COMES, WELL, KNOCKING ON MY DOOR AT SEVEN IN THE MORNING. I SAID, WHAT HAPPENED? THEY SAID, WE NEED TO MOVE ALL YOUR CARS OUT THE, OUT THE STREET. SO I THINK THEY'RE GONNA PAVE THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD AND EVERYTHING. SO I MOVED MY STREET. ALL THEY DO IS, UH, PAY THAT ONE DEAD END, THAT ONE DEAD END STREET. INSTEAD OF DOING POTHOLES. THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE STREETS. INSTEAD OF WORKING ON POTHOLES, ABOUT 20 PEOPLE CAME OUT THERE JUST FOR A DEAD END, ABOUT A HUNDRED FEET LONG. THAT DIDN'T MAKE NO SENSE. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT. AND SO I NEED HELP GET THESE PEOPLE OFF, OFF OF ME. I MEAN, THEY, THEY KEEP ON, INSTEAD OF SENDING ME A LETTER, YOUR TERM HAS EXPIRED. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO KEEP YOUR PROPERTY CLEAN, UH, MR. MYERS. BUT THEY SENT ME LETTERS WITHOUT, UH, CERTIFIED LETTERS. WELL, I UNDERSTAND ALL OF THAT. I HAVE ALL, LET ME, LEMME JUST SAY THE, UH, YOU GOT NEIGHBORS AND OTHERS WHO ARE CALLING ON YOUR PROPERTY, BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF STUFF. IT WAS, IT WAS JUST ONE GUY THERE. I, I, LEMME JUST, I LISTENED TO YOU. YOU GOTTA KEEP YOUR PROPERTY CLEAN. I'M LOOKING AT THE PICTURES. BUT THEN TO TAKE 20, 30,000 WORTH OF MY PROPERTY, YOU GOTTA KEEP YOUR PROPERTY CLEAN. YOUR NEIGHBORS DON'T WANT TO BE LIVING NEXT DOOR TO YOU WITH ALL THAT JUNK. OKAY? SO YOU GOTTA KEEP YOUR PROPERTY CLEAN, ALRIGHT? BUT I THINK THERE'S A WASTE OF MONEY ON THE PAVING THE STREET THERE. NEXT SPEAKER, MARGARET BAN. MARGARET BAN MARGARET CLEVELAND. NEXT SPEAKER. KIMBERLY EKI. KIMBERLY EKI. KIMBERLY ZEKI. NEXT SPEAKER. SYLVESTER REY. YES, I'M, I'M SORRY. HELLO? I SAID HELLO. I WAS GETTING MUTED OFF THE PHONE. WHO IS THIS? KIMBERLY ZEKI. OH NO, I HAVE YOU DOWN IN PERSON. I'M SORRY. OKAY, GO ON. NO. OKAY. YOU SAID GO AHEAD. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. MY NAME IS KIMBERLY ZEKI. I AM CALLING BECAUSE I AM HOMELESS. I AM LIVING OUT OF MY CAR. I HAVE BEEN LIVING OUT OF MY CAR FOR THE LAST SEVEN MONTHS. I HAVE CALLED TO TALK WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE IN YOUR OFFICE. MIKE ACHENBAUM IS ONE. I'VE TALKED TO YOUR CHIEF OF STAFF, I CAN'T REMEMBER HER NAME. UM, AND SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE. UM, SHE TOLD ME, THE CHIEF OF STAFF TOLD ME THAT, UM, SHE WAS GONNA HAVE SOMEONE CALL ME FROM THE HOUSING PLACE. NOBODY HAS CALLED ME ABOUT THIS SITUATION. AND I DID SEE ON THE NEWS WHERE YOU ALL RECEIVED $100 MILLION TO HELP CHRONICALLY HOMELESS PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF LIVING IN THE CAR OR IN THE STREETS. AND I WAS TOLD BY THE HOMELESS COALITION SUPERVISOR THAT, UM, THEY, YES, YOU ALL WERE AWARDED THE MONEY, BUT THEY HAVE NOT GIVEN IT OUT FOR USAGE. AND I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY IS THAT. SO I'M TRYING TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF THAT. AND I WAS ALSO TOLD BY THE SUPERVISOR, THE HOMELESS COALITION, THAT, UM, YOU ALL DON'T HELP PEOPLE. UH, WELL, I'M NOT CONSIDERED CHRONIC HOMELESS BECAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN HOMELESS FOR A YEAR. THAT'S INHUMANE. NOBODY SHOULD HAVE TO LIVE IN THEIR CAR ON THE STREETS BEFORE THEY GET HELP FOR ONE SINGLE YEAR. THIS IS DEADENING OUT HERE. THE STREETS ARE DANGEROUS. I AM A WOMAN, I AM AN ELDERLY WOMAN. I'M A SICKLY WOMAN. [01:30:01] I HAVE EXPRESSED THAT TO THEM. I HAVE ARTHRITIS TUMORS, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. I'M ANEMIC. I HAVE A LOT OF HEALTH ISSUES. AND BASED ON THEIR WEBSITE, THEY SAY, IF YOU HAVE THESE PROBLEMS THAT THEY WILL HELP YOU IN ONE MONTH OR LESS. THIS IS WHAT'S SAID ON THE HOMELESS COALITION WEBSITE. AND I'M ALWAYS ON THERE. I EVEN HAVE, UM, EMAILS WHERE THEY, I CAN SEE ALL THE STUFF THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING. AND ALL THEY'RE DOING IS HOLDING MEETINGS. SO I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHERE'S THIS $100 MILLION? WHO'S SUPPOSED TO SPECIFICALLY HELP CHRONICALLY HOMELESS PEOPLE? AND I'M NOT GETTING NO HELP. I'M JUST GETTING PHONE NUMBERS, YOU KNOW, TALK TO THIS PERSON AND THEY SAY THEY'RE GONNA DO THIS ONE THING. NOBODY IS DOING ANYTHING. AND I'M LIKE, WELL, DO I HAVE TO REACH MS. MARSHALL L FUDGE TO GET SOME HELP? BECAUSE BASED ON WHAT SHE SAID ON FACEBOOK, SHE'S LEAVING UP TO THE MAYORS TO MAKE SURE THESE, UH, TO HELP THE HOMELESSNESS BEING EXECUTED. THEY, THEY GAVE YOU ALL THE MONEY OR WHATEVER IS GOING ON WITH THE MONEY TO HELP PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF. AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. DO I REALLY HAVE TO BE HOMELESS FOR ONE YEAR BEFORE I CAN GET SOME HELP? IS THIS TRUE RIGHT NOW? UM, MISS E EKI, YOU NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH, YOU NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS. UM, A LOT DEPENDS ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE AVAILABLE UNITS, UH, AT THE TIME. BUT I WOULD CONTINUE TO, UH, COMMUNICATE AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS. OKAY, WELL, OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO, BUT I'M GETTING NO RECOURSE BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY HAVEN'T RELEASED THE $100 MILLION FOR THIS. NO, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT ABOUT RELEASING THE $100 MILLION. THAT'S AN INITIATIVE BETWEEN THE, THAT'S AN INITIATIVE BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY WHERE WE ARE PUTTING IN A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS. BUT IT ALSO DEPENDS ON THE AVAILABILITY OF UNITS. SO PLEASE CONTINUE TO TALK. OKAY. SO PLEASE CONTINUE TO TALK TO THE COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, SYLVESTER. SYLVESTER RITA TO BE FOLLOWED BY SHELTON JOHNSON. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. LONG TIME NO SEE, SORRY. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND FRIENDS, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. VERY BRIEFLY. I REPRESENT 1500 TO 2000 OF MY NEIGHBORS, UM, FRONT AND NECK SUBDIVISION LAKE EFRON WEST AIRPORT. UM, THESE ARE, THESE ARE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE NEVER FLOODED. UM, AND PART OF THE REASON THEY HAVEN'T FLOODED IS BECAUSE THE, THE DEVELOPERS, UH, DEVELOPED AROUND A, UM, A WETLANDS THAT WE HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF FOR THE LAST 50 YEARS. WE BELIEVE THAT WETLANDS IS 50 TO A HUNDRED YEARS OLD. UM, THAT WETLANDS IS A, IS A SPONGE DETENTION BASIN FOR US. AND, UH, WE BELIEVE THAT THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE HAVE NOT FLOODED THAT LAND THAT WAS ADJACENT TO US WAS JUST PURCHASED. UM, THE OWNER CAME INTO THE DEAD OF NIGHT, JUMPED 30 DUMP TRUCK LOADS OF, OF DIRT, UM, OF FILL DIRT. UH, AND WE WERE AWAKENED BY BULLDOZERS. I CALLED OUR, UM, OUR ESTEEM COUNCILWOMAN . AND SHE, SHE STEPPED IN. UM, AND, AND, AND IT TOOK, THOUGH, IT TOOK 30 DAYS FOR THEM TO, FOR, FOR, FOR A PERMITTING TO REALIZE THAT, THAT, UH, THAT THAT, UH, OWNER DID NOT HAVE A PERMIT. UM, AND 30 DAYS TO BRING HIM TO CEASE AND DESIST. BUT DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME, HE COVERED THAT, UH, THAT WETLANDS, UM, AND, AND, AND, UM, AND DRAINED THAT WETLANDS. UM, TODAY HE'S BEEN GIVEN ANOTHER PERMIT TO BRING IN, UH, WE SEE AT LEAST 30 DUMP TRUCKS, MORE OF, OF, OF DIRT. THEY'RE RAISING THAT LAND. UH, UM, AND WE ARE AT, WE'RE, WE'RE BELOW IT. WE'RE BELOW THAT LAND. NOW WE'RE, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THE REMNANTS OF THAT. OUR COMMUNITY HAS, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER SEEN PONDING IN WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES. UM, UH, FONDANT MEADOW DRIVE, UM, HAS, FOR THE FIRST TIME WE ARE SEEING WHERE THAT PROPERTY BUTS ON THE FONDER METAL DRIVE, THERE ARE, THERE ARE POOLS, UM, THERE IS POOLING THAT GOES ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE STREET. COMES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO FRONT AND NECK AND, AND, UH, ALL THE WAY ACROSS TO, UH, TO LAKE EFRON. UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, TATUM, UH, REQUESTED THAT THEY, UM, AT THE TIME REQUESTED THEM TO, AT THE TIME, REQUESTED THEM TO, [01:35:01] TO PULL UP THE DIRT THAT THEY HAD TAKEN DOWN WITHOUT A PERMIT AND TO RESTORE THAT LAND. THAT, UM, UM, UM, UH, WETLANDS. OF COURSE THEY DID NOT. I'M ASKING YOU. YEAH. TOM HAS EXPIRED. PLEASE HELP US WITH PERMITTING TO STOP ANY MORE, ANY MORE DIRT, ANY MORE, UH, DREDGING OF DIRT IN, IN THAT AREA UNTIL THEY HAVE, UH, RE RESUMED WHAT THEY TOOK WITHOUT A PERMIT. OKAY. SO LEMME MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND. THEY DID NOT HAVE A PERMIT. AND THEN THE NIGHT TIME, THAT WAS TWO YEARS AGO. THAT'S RIGHT. TWO YEARS AGO. TWO YEARS AGO. THAT'S CORRECT. AND IN THE NIGHTTIME, THEY CAME IN AND THEY DUMPED A LOT OF DIRT. THAT'S CORRECT. ON TOP OF WHAT APPEARED TO BE WETLAND. WHAT WAS WETLAND. THAT'S CORRECT. AND THEN IT WAS RED TAGGED. AND THEN IT WAS RED TAGGED. OKAY. IT WAS RED TAGGED. THAT'S CORRECT. SO DID WE MAKE THEM REMOVE THE DIRT? WELL, THEY DID NOT, THEY DID NOT REMOVE THE EARTH. IT WAS RED TAGGED AND THEY WERE FINED. AND, UH, AND THEIR FINE WAS LESS THAN $10,000. LEMME SEE IF I CAN PUT IT INTO PERSPECTIVE FOR YOU. THEY BOUGHT THAT PROPERTY AT $30 AN ACRE. THAT COMMUNITY'S PROPERTY IS AT $300,000 AN ACRE. BUT I UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND. I'M JUST TRYING TO, I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND. SO WE RED TAGGED THEM. YES, SIR. AND THEN WE IMPOSED A MONETARY FINE THAT THEY WERE MORE THAN WILLING TO PAY. AND THEN YOU'RE SAYING TO ME, AND THEN WE ALLOWED THEM TO PROCEED. THEY, THEY, THEY THEN, UH, REQUESTED A PERMIT TWO YEARS LATER. AND, AND NOW THEY ARE PROCEEDING AND THEY, AND, AND, AND, AND PERMITTING IS SAYING THAT THEY ARE COMPLIANT OR THEY'RE COMPLIANT BECAUSE THEY, THEY HAD, THEY HAD CLOSED THE, LET ME, LET ME, LET ME LOOK INTO IT. BASED ON WHAT? BASED ON JUST THOSE FACTS. AND I KNOW MUCH MORE. YEAH, I DON'T LIKE IT. I DON'T LIKE WHAT I'M HEARING. LET ME, LET ME TAKE IT FROM HERE. LEMME TAKE A LOOK AT IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'LL GET BACK WITH YOU ON IT. OKAY. I'LL BE IN TOUCH. THANK YOU, SIR. LET ME ASK MY, UM, PEOPLE IN PERMIT TO PULL ALL THE, ALL THE DOCUMENTS SO I CAN SEE IT. SHELTON JOHNSON SHELTON JOHNSON SHELTON JOHNSON. HERE. NEXT BAKER, BARBARA GRANT. BARBARA GRANT, STAR SIX. BARBARA GRANT. BARBARA GRANT, STAR SIX. BARBARA GRAY. NEXT SPEAKER. VINCENT COLBERT. VINCENT COLBERT IS HERE. MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL. CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? YES. OKAY. ONCE AGAIN, I'M HERE TO INFORM YOU GUYS THAT HOUSTON INNER CITY COUNSELING IS AN AGENCY THAT IS AVAILABLE TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE, WHO ARE RESIDING WITHIN THE SOUTH SIDE OF HOUSTON AND DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO SOME OF THE, UH, SOCIAL SERVICES THAT ARE VERY NECESSARY IN THE COMMUNITIES, SUCH AS COUNSELING, SUCH AS LIFE SKILLS, SUCH AS, UM, ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH REFERRALS. I WAS ON THE STREET TALKING TO SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE BEING HOUSED LIKE BY THE HOMELESS COALITION. AND WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS THAT IT'S GOOD THAT THEY'RE BEING HOUSED BY THE HOMELESS COALITION, BUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE NOT HAVING IS ACCESS TO SERVICES THAT ARE CLOSE BY AND WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY. I'M LICENSED BY THE STATE, FULLY LICENSED. I HAVE A SIX WEEK TO 90 DAY PROGRAM THAT PROVIDE THESE SERVICES THAT THEY ARE VERY CRUCIAL. A LOT OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT MIGHT BE HOUSED, THEY'RE GOING BACK TO THE STREETS. THEY'RE GETTING HOUSED AND THEY'RE GETTING KICKED OUT OF THE HOMES THAT A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT OF MONEY IS GOING IN TO GET THEM INTO A SITUATION THAT IS BENEFICIAL. BUT BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE SOME OF THE SKILLS, THEN THEY'RE GOING BACK TO SOME OF THE NEGATIVE THINGS THAT GOT 'EM WHERE THEY'RE AT IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND HAVING THAT ACCESS TO THE SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITIES. SCOTT CULLEN, UM, DOWN IN, UM, THOSE AREAS, THIRD WARD, WHERE THEY RESIDE IS A GOOD THING. AND WORKING WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS, IT'S VERY NECESSARY TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT THEY NEED TODAY. AND I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT MY PROGRAM IS HERE. MY PROGRAM PROVIDES THESE SERVICES, [01:40:01] AND MY PROGRAM SHOULD BE ALIGNED. YOU GUYS SHOULD USE MY SERVICES TO HELP KEEP THESE INDIVIDUALS ON THE SAME PATH THAT YOU'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY, YOU KNOW, PUTTING THESE INDIVIDUALS IN HOUSING AND STUFF. ARE YOU, ARE YOU WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS? UH, I AM PARTNERING WITH THEM. I'M A 5 0 1 C3 NONPROFIT. SO I'M OUT THERE TALKING TO 'EM, MR. MILTON AND PARTNERING WITH THE HARRIS HEALTH, UM, INDIVIDUALS AND SPEAKING WITH THEM ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THESE SERVICES AS WELL. SO I AM OUT THERE WITH THEM. YES. COUNCILMAN POLL. THANK YOU, MARY. AND I, I WAS FOLLOWING YOUR, YOUR TRAIN OF THOUGHT THAT WORKING WITH THE COALITION AND SOME OF THE OTHER ENTITIES THAT'S, UH, FOCUSED ON, UH, LOWER INCOME OR HOMELESS, UM, POPULATION AND COMPLEXES, THAT WITH YOUR COLLABORATION WITH THEM, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET ENGAGEMENT REGARDING THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO OFFER. YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I WAS THINKING, YOU KNOW, WHAT COULD WE DO AS COUNCIL MEMBERS? WE PUT IT IN THE EMAIL OR SEND IT OUT TO OUR CONSTITUENTS, BUT THEY'RE NOT THE AUDIENCE THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO REACH, OKAY. THE AUDIENCE THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO REACH, OR IN THESE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING COMPLEXES ALREADY. SO FINDING WAYS TO, UM, PARTNER WITH THE COALITION OR THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT WITHIN THOSE ACTUAL COMPLEXES SO YOU CAN NOTIFY AND ALERT THE, UM, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE OF YOUR SERVICES. THEN I THINK YOU'LL START TO GET MORE ENGAGEMENT. SO THAT, THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION TO YOU. OKAY. I APPRECIATE IT. I ALSO HAVE A PROPOSAL AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THE PROPOSAL TOGETHER, UM, TO CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH YOU GUYS. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW, HOUSTON INNER CITY COUNCIL. LOOK IT UP. CHECK IT OUT. I AM VETTED BY THE STATE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER. JOSHUA BULLARD. JOSHUA BULLARD. JOSHUA BULLARD. NOT HERE. NEXT SPEAKER. WALTER MALLET. WALTER MALLET IS HERE BE FOLLOWED BY CHRISTOPHER JENKINS. UH, I WANNA ADDRESS THIS, UH, NEW PROJECT THAT, UH, THAT'S BEEN PROPOSED. THIS, UH, UH, $18 MILLION PROJECT. UH, IT'S 146 UNITS. UH, HOW IS THIS GONNA IMPACT THE COMMUNITIES THAT THIS THING IS GONNA BE PUT IN? THERE ARE A LOT OF KIDS, THERE ARE ELDERLY, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY VULNERABLE TO WHATEVER'S THAT'S COMING INTO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. HAS THERE BEEN ANY RESEARCH WHATSOEVER TO COLLECT AND INFORM THESE PEOPLE THAT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS GONNA BE IMPACTED INTO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD? THERE'S A LOT AT STAKE HERE. WE'RE TRYING TO RAISE SOLID KIDS AND SECURE THE ELDERLY AT THE SAME TIME. SO WITH THIS, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A REVOLVING DOOR, BUT THIS IS A BRAND NEW $18 MILLION PROJECT. RESEARCH IS NECESSARY BEFORE YOU IMPACT A COMMUNITY OF THIS NATURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER. CHRISTOPHER JENKINS. CHRISTOPHER JENKINS. IT'S CHRISTOPHER JENKINS. HERE. NEXT SPEAKER. JOSEPH SMITH. JOSEPH SMITH. JOSEPH SMITH. HERE. JOSEPH. NEXT SPEAKER. KATHY GUNNER. KATHY GUNNER. KATHY GUNNERS. STAR SIX. KATHY GUNNER. KATHY GUNNER. NEXT SPEAKER TAWANA BRYANT. ANA BRYANT STAR SIX. HONOR, O BRYANT. NEXT SPEAKER. I MONTOYA RES. I MONTOYA RES. WHEN I AL UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, THIS TIME I COME HERE BECAUSE I HAVE, UM, UM, THE SAME SITUATION THAT LAST WEEK I BROUGHT SOME PAPERWORK, UH, HAVE BEEN TRIED TO WORK WITH THE LANDLORD. UH, I'M, UM, TRIED THE MEDIATION SETTLEMENT THROUGH HARRIS COUNTY, AND I'M JUST WAITING FOR THEM TO MAKE THE NEXT MOVE SO I CAN MAKE THE NEXT MOVE. UH, I OWE CLOSE TO $10,000 AND LIKE MANY, UH, PEOPLE AROUND THE HARRIS COUNTY, WE DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO, UH, RELOCATE. I KNOW THE [01:45:01] RESOURCES AROUND TOWN, SO, UH, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, UH, WHO MAKES FIRST MOVE. AND I KNOW, UH, MY LEGAL, UH, RIGHTS, I HAVE SPOKEN WITH, UH, THE CITY OF HUMBLE, UH, CATHOLIC CHARITIES, AND WE CANNOT, UH, USE THE RESOURCES OF TEXAS RAIN RELIEF. WE DON'T HAVE A DOCK NUMBER. AND YOU KNOW THAT VERY WELL BECAUSE YOU'RE AN ATTORNEY, SIR. AND, UH, I HAVE ALSO CONTACT THE, UH, UH, MEXICO CITY, UH, SINCE YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU, SIR. WE'LL PICK IT UP NEXT WEEK. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. CLAY JORDAN. CLAY JORDAN WITH US AGAIN. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL. I, UM, HAD A SCRIPT AGAIN, BUT I'M JUST GONNA THROW IT OUT. I, I KNOW, MAYOR, THAT YOU AND I DON'T AGREE ON WHICH IS SAFE ON THE 11TH STREET PROJECT. I DON'T THINK IT IS SAFE. UM, THE BIG PROBLEM FOR ME IS I THINK ALL THE QUESTIONS I ASK ABOUT SAFETY HAVE NEVER BEEN ADDRESSED. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M AWARE, OF COURSE, THAT YOU'RE NOW GONNA USE STREET REHABILITATION FOR THIS PROJECT. I'M AWARE THAT'S FUNDED BY THE, BOTH THE STATE AND THE FEDS. I THINK THE PROJECT IS SO DANGEROUS. I'M FORCED TO TAKE WHATEVER STEPS I CAN TO PROJECT CRUSH THE PROJECT, BUT I DON'T ACTUALLY WANT THAT. I'D LIKE TO SEE THE PROJECT GO THROUGH THE UNWILLINGNESS ON THE PART OF SOME OF THE PARTICIPANTS THOUGH, TO EVEN LOOK AT ALTERNATIVES IS THE PART THAT BOTHERS ME. AND, AND THERE ACTUALLY IS ONE THAT WOULD WORK FOR ALL OF US AND IT WOULD FIX EVERYTHING. THAT'S TO LET 11TH STREET REMAIN THREE LANES AND GET THE, SHES PUT THE BIKE LANE SOMEWHERE ELSE. I DON'T KNOW THE WEST 10TH WHERE I LIVE, BUT AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, THEY COULD PUT THE BIKE LANE ON THE WEST 10TH AND THEN THEY WOULD GET TWO BIKE LANES, BOTH ONE ON 11TH. THAT'S FOR THE EXPERIENCED RIDERS TO KNOW HOW TO HANDLE IT. AND ONE ON 10TH THAT'S MORE COMFORTABLE FOR PEOPLE TO RIDE WITH. BUT AT ANY RATE, YOU KNOW, YEAH, TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. THANK YOU, MR. CLAY. UM, MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER CAMAN HAD A DISTRICT C CONFLICT AND SHE WANTED ME TO SHARE THAT SHE APPRECIATES YOU AGAIN FOR COMING AND THE DISTRICT C STAFF, UM, THEY'VE BEEN WATCHING, UM, YOUR COMMENTS AND WE'LL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH YOU AFTER TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN P*****K. THANK YOU, SIR. I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WAITING, UH, FOR SOME TIME NOW. UM, AND I KNOW YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS ISSUE. I JUST WANTED TO AFFORD YOU ANY OF MY TIME. IF YOU WANT TO WRAP UP YOUR COMMENTS. NO. UM, THAT, THAT'S IT. I THINK WE, THERE ARE STILL ALL ALTERNATIVES THAT COULD LOOK AT THAT WOULD RESOLVE THIS IF, IF YOU WOULD BE WILLING, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE IT GO THROUGH. BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. NEMA HARRIS. NEMA HARRIS HARRIS. HERE. NEXT SPEAKER JUDY HARDEN. JUDY HARDEN IS JUDY HARDIN. IT'S JUDY HARDIN, STAR SIX. JUDY HARDIN. JUDY HARDIN. NEXT SPEAKER. THAT COMPLETES THE LIST OF SPEAKERS. ALRIGHT, YOU [RECESS] STAND IN RECESS UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING AT 9:00 AM THANK YOU. EVERYBODY HAVE A BLESSED EVENING. OH, FOR ME, WATER FOR ME. REALLY? ME . IT IS [RECONVENE] 9 0 4 ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24TH, 2022. I'M MAYOR. SEMESTER TURNER. I'M CALLING THIS MEETING OF THE HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL. DO WATER? UH, WE DO HAVE ONE TRAVELING COUNCIL MEMBER JOINING US VIA TEAMS. WHO IS THAT? MARTIN? IS HE ON? I NEED TO LOOK. I DON'T, I NEED TO LOG MM-HMM . I DON'T SEE HIM ON. OKAY. UH, MADAM SECRETARY, BEFORE WE BEGIN THE PUBLIC HEARING, UM, WOULD [MISCELLANEOUS] [3.  REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment or reappointment of the following individuals to the BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FIVE CORNERS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (Formerly HARRIS COUNTY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 10-B): Position One   -   EDNA DEAUVEARO, reappointment, for a term to expire 6/1/2023 Position Two   -   HOMER L. CLARK, reappointment, for a term to expire 6/1/2025 Position Three -  VIVIAN HARRIS, reappointment, for a term to expire 6/1/2023 Position Four  -   KAMAL RASHEED, appointment, for a term to expire 6/1/2025 Position Five   -   MELVA D. THORNTON, reappointment, for a term to expire 6/1/2023 Position Six     -   EDWARD TEAMER, reappointment, for a term to expire 6/1/2025 Position Seven -  VERNON N. SMITH, reappointment, for a term to expire 6/1/2023 Position Eight -    NINA K. SPRINGER, reappointment, for a term to expire 6/1/2025 Position Nine  -    GEORGE A. ANDERSON, reappointment, for a term to expire 6/1/2023 ] [4.  REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment or reappointment of the following individuals to the HOUSTON ARTS ALLIANCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, for terms ending June 30, 2025: Position One - SHAHEEN J. RAHMAN, reappointment Position Two - JERRY BARNETT, appointment ] YOU PLEASE CALL UP ITEMS THREE AND FOUR TOGETHER. ITEM THREE AND THEN ITEM FOUR, ITEM THREE NEEDS A MOTION. CASTEX TAYLOR, MOVE SECOND ROBINSON. AND MOVED. AND SECOND ON ITEM THREE. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION [01:50:01] IN FAVOR. OPPOSED AND GRANTED. UM, AND WHY DON'T WE JUST DO ITEM FOUR AS WELL. ITEM FOUR NEEDS A MOTION. CASTEX TATUM, MOVE SECOND. ROBINSON MOVED AND SECONDED ON ITEM FOUR. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR, OPPOSING GRANTED, LET ME GO BACK TO ITEM THREE. LET, THIS IS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FIVE CORNERS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, FORMERLY HARRIS COUNTY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, UH, 10 B. UH, IF YOU ARE HERE, PLEASE STAND AND COME FORWARD. POSITION ONE IS TNA RO DEVEREUX DEVERO. SORRY ABOUT THAT. POSITION TWO IS HUMMER CLARK. THREE IS VIVIAN HARRIS. FOUR IS KAMAL. RASHID? YES, SIR. OKAY. UH, FIVE IS MELVIN D THORNTON. SIX IS EDWARD TEAMER. SEVEN IS VERNON AND SMITH. EIGHTH IS, UH, IS THAT NINA? NINA. NINA. NINA, K SPRINGER. AND NINE IS GEORGE A. ANDERSON. UM, AND WE HAVE, BEFORE US TODAY IS RASHID AND, AND HALLMARK. LOOK, UM, AGAIN, LET ME AND I THINK RASHID, YOU ARE JOINING FOR THE FIRST TIME. YES, YES. SO LET ME WELCOME YOU, UH, TO THE FIVE CORNERS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND MR. CLARK. UM, LET ME THANK YOU FOR HAVING SERVED AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO CONTINUE TO SERVE. I KNOW THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT, UH, BOARD, UH, AND FOR THAT AREA. AND THEY HAVE DONE SOME, SOME TERRIFIC THINGS. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH YOU ALONG WITH THE COUNCIL PERSON, VICE MAYOR PER TIM, MARTHA CAST TATU, UH, IN THAT AREA. UH, LET ME YIELD NOW TO VICE MAYOR PER TIM CAST TATUM, MR. CLARK AND MR. RASHE, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ON THE FIVE CORNERS MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. I'M OVERJOYED EVERY TIME I PASS THROUGH THOSE GATEWAYS AND THE LIGHTS ARE UP AT NIGHT. UH, WE'VE DONE SOME WONDERFUL PROJECTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR OTHER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT IN, UH, TURS. UM, I THINK THE TRI-PARTY AGREEMENT WAS JUST ONE OF THE BEST DECISIONS THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN IN THE ORGANIZATION'S MADE AND HAS MADE A LASTING LEGACY IN THE COMMUNITY. UH, THE WORK THAT YOU DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT IS, UM, SO IMPACTFUL FOR THE RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT A. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS. MR. RASHEED. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR EXPERTISE, UH, ON THE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BOARD. AND MR. CLARK, I KNOW AS A LONG-TERM RESIDENT, YOU HAVE SEEN THE EBB AND FLOWING OF THE COMMUNITY AND WE ARE DEFINITELY IN THE FLOWING PHASE NOW, AND A LOT OF THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE HARD WORK AND DILIGENCE THAT YOU HAVE PUT FORTH, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND BEING WILLING TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU BOTH. APPRECIATE YOU. OKAY. AND THEN, UM, FOR THE HOUSTON ARTS ALLIANCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, IF YOU ARE HERE, PLEASE STAND AND COME FORWARD. POSITION ONE IS SHAHEEN J ROTMAN, AND POSITION TWO IS JERRY BARNETT. AND, UH, SHAHEEM, I KNOW THIS IS A REAPPOINTMENT FOR YOU. SO YOU'VE, UH, ALREADY STARTED SERVING ON THE HOUSTON ARTS ALLIANCE. AND JERRY, THIS IS A NEW APARTMENT, UH, FOR YOU. AND SO, UH, UH, LET ME JUST, WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THE HOUSTON ARTS ALLIANCE IS, YOU KNOW, TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON AS A WHOLE, UM, VERY IMPORTANT BOARD. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE TWO OF YOU AS WELL AS WITH THE OTHERS AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UH, IN ART. UH, SO I WANT TO THANK YOU, UH, FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS, FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE. OKAY. UH, NOW JUST, JUST STATE YOUR NAME, SIR. I'LL MAKE SURE I HAVE IT. SHANE. UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, I WANNA JUST EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR YOU, MR. MAYOR, AND TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. I ALSO WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT FOR THE ARTS IN THE CITY. I THINK YOUR LEADERSHIP SETS A GREAT EXAMPLE FOR THE REST OF US TO FOCUS ON HOW IMPORTANT THE, UM, ARTS ARE TO THE WELLBEING OF THE BROADER COMMUNITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, JERRY. YES, I JUST WANNA THANK, UH, THANK THE BOARD AND, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR TURNER FOR, UH, ELECTING ME TO THIS BOARD AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING THE COMMUNITY AND HELPING THE HOUSTON ART ALLIANCE. THANK YOU, JEREMY. COUNCILMAN CAMERON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I ALSO JUST WANTED TO ECHO MY APPRECIATION TO YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE AND ALSO THE ENTIRE, UM, BOARD AS WE SAW THROUGH THE PANDEMIC. UH, HOW IMPORTANT, UH, THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO IS, UH, FOR NOT JUST THE ARTS COMMUNITY, BUT THE COMMUNITY OF HOUSTON AS A WHOLE. SO I KNOW THAT WORK CONTINUES, UH, AS WE START TO FINALLY PICK UP SPEED AGAIN AND RETURN [01:55:01] BACK TO A SENSE OF NORMALCY. BUT THAT WORK BECOMES EVEN MORE INTEGRAL IN MAKING SURE THAT OUR ARTISTS AND OUR COMMUNITY ARE GETTING BACK ON THEIR FEET. THANK YOU. YEAH, I THINK IT BECAME CLEAR VERY QUICKLY ONCE THE PANDEMIC STARTED, HOW IMPORTANT THAT WORK WAS AND HAVING TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THE LAST TWO YEARS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ARTS COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO BE UPLIFTED AND SUPPORTED. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY, VERY MUCH. LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. OKAY. NOW, [1.  9:00 A.M. PUBLIC HEARING to consider the re-adoption of Article XII, CHAPTER 32, CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF HOUSTON, regarding Standards of Care for the Houston Parks & Recreation Department Youth Recreation Programs ] MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU'LL CALL ITEM NUMBER ONE. ITEM NUMBER ONE IS THE PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF ARTICLE 12, CHAPTER 32, CODE AVOIDANCES, CITY OF HOUSTON. OKAY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR DEBORAH LATHAM, UH, FOR THE PRESENT FOR THE PRESENTATION. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I'M DEBORAH LATHAM, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF, UM, THE RECREATION AND WELLNESS DIVISION. AND, UM, IF YOU ALLOW ME, I NEED TO READ THIS, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT I READ EVERY WORD OF THIS RE ADOPTION. SO, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M GLAD TO BE HERE. I HAVE THE VISION MANAGER, NIKIA LEWIS. HE'S OVER OUR RECREATION PROGRAM, SO I JUST WANTED HIM TO BE HERE BECAUSE HE'S SUCH AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR YOUTH PROGRAMS. UM, THE CITY, UH, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY TYRONE IS, UH, HERE FOR ANY LEGAL QUESTIONS REGARDING THE HEARING OF THE STATE CODE AND CITY ORDINANCE. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING THE HOUSTON PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO BRING THIS PUBLIC HEARING TO THE CITY COUNCIL. THE PURPOSE OF THIS HEARING IS TO COMPLY WITH THE TEXAS HUMAN RESOURCES CODE 42.041 B 14. THE STANDARDS OF CARES ARE INTENDED TO BE THE MINIMUM STANDARD. THE PARKS, HOUSTON PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT WILL USE TO OPERATE BOTH THE CITY OF HOUSTON'S SUMMER AND AFTER SCHOOL ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS. ON AVERAGE, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 3000 KIDS THAT PARTICIPATES IN THE SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAM AND ABOUT 3,500 PARTICIPATE IN THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM. UH, THE PROGRAM OFFERS A WIDE VARIETY OF, UH, RECREATION ACTIVITIES BASED ON OUR FOUR COMPONENTS, WHICH ARE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT, FITNESS AND INSTRUCTIONAL SPORTS NATURE, EDUCATION AND CREATIVE FUND. THE HOUSTON RECREATION YOUTH RECREATION PROGRAM STANDARD OF CARE, IS CODIFIED AT ARTICLE 12 OF CHAPTER 32 OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON CODE OF ORDINANCES, TEXAS HUMAN RESOURCES CODE 42.041 B 14 PROVIDES AN EXEMPTION FROM CHILDCARE LICENSING FOR RECREATION PROGRAMS SERVING ELEMENTARY AGE CHILDREN AGES FIVE TO 13 WITH THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA. A MUNICIPALITY OPERATES THE PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES THESE STANDARDS OF CARE TO THE PARENTS OF EACH PROGRAM PARTICIPANT IN BOTH PROGRAMS. THE ORDINANCE INCLUDES CHILD CAREGIVER RATIOS, MINIMUM EMPLOYEE QUALIFICATIONS, MINIMUM BUILDING HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARDS AND MECHANISMS FOR MONITORING AND ENFORCING THE ADOPTED LOCAL STANDARDS. THE PROGRAM INFORMS THE PARENTS THAT THE STATE DOES NOT LICENSE THE PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM DOES NOT ADVERTISE ITSELF AS A CHILD CARE OPERATION, AND THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE MUNICIPALITY ANNUALLY ADOPTS THE STANDARDS OF CARE BY ORDINANCE AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUCH PROGRAMS. TODAY, WE ARE REQUESTING COUNCIL ACTION TO READ, ADOPT THE HOUSTON YOUTH RECREATION PROGRAM STANDARDS OF CARE WITH NO CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE. THANK YOU. AND WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE OR IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE COUNCIL MEMBERS NERO. THANK YOU MS. LATHAN. I'M, I'M TOTALLY IN SUPPORT OF THIS AND, AND WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY JUST TO THANK YOU FOR, FOR ALL THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT DOES TO SUPPORT CHILDREN IN THEIR HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT. UM, IT'S, THERE'S NOT REALLY ANYTHING MORE IMPORTANT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE TECH CONNECT PROGRAM. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN MCCAIN. YOU MAYOR. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. UM, FIRST OFF I ECHO COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS SENTIMENTS. AND MAYOR, I KNOW I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, UH, YOUR PROGRAM, ESPECIALLY THE AFTERSCHOOL ENRICHMENT, IS QUITE POSSIBLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PROGRAMS WE RUN HERE AT THE CITY OF HOUSTON. UM, I ALSO APPRECIATE, I ACTUALLY JUST GOT AN EMAIL FROM YOU EITHER YESTERDAY OR THIS MORNING WITH AN UPDATE ON OUR DISTRICT C PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE HELPING TO FUND. AND I APPRECIATE THOSE, THE 3,500, UH, YOUTH THAT WE SUPPORT IN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS. IS THAT THE MAX WE CAN TAKE RIGHT NOW? AND ARE WE TURNING AWAY APPLICANTS FOR THESE PROGRAMS BECAUSE OF CAPACITY ISSUES? WELL, RIGHT NOW, UM, WE'RE NOT TURNING ANYONE AWAY, ESPECIALLY, WE JUST FINISHED [02:00:01] OUR, UH, SUMMIT ENRICHER PROGRAM THIS PAST FRIDAY. AND LUCKILY WE DIDN'T HAVE TO TURN ANYONE AWAY, BUT AFTER COVID-19, THE PARENTS GUARDIANS ARE GETTING COMFORTABLE GETTING THEIR KIDS BACK INTO A RECREATION SETTING. SO WE HAD ENOUGH, UH, WE DIDN'T GET UP TO THE 3,500 THIS YEAR. UM, IT'S CONTINUED TO, TO GROW, UH, AFTER, YOU KNOW, UH, POST, UM, COVID-19. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE KIDS COMING INTO OUR PROGRAM, BUT IT IS BASED ON OUR RATIO, WHICH IS THE, UH, THE, THE ONE TO, UH, 25 RATIO. SO IT DEPENDS ON THE AMOUNT OF STAFF THAT ARE IN THE COMMUNITY CENTERS ONE PER 25 AND THAT'S HOW MANY EACH OF THE COMMUNITY CENTERS CAN TAKE, UM, FOR AFTER SCHOOL AND SOME ENRICHMENT PROGRAM. AND I KNOW THERE'S SOME BUILDING CONSTRAINTS AS WELL, AT LEAST IN DISTRICT C LIKE AT CHERRY HURST, YOU CAN ONLY ACCOMMODATE SO MANY BECAUSE OF MAX CAPACITY ISSUES IN SOME OF OUR OLDER BUILDINGS. YES. SO IF WE GET TO THAT CAP, I WOULD JUST ASK MAYOR IF WE CAN BE ALERTED SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS IF, IF WE DO START TO GET TO THAT CAP OF 3,500, JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE AWARE SO THAT WE CAN DO WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT NO CHILD IS TURNED AWAY. AND PLEASE CONVEY, UM, MY APPRECIATION TO ALL OF, UH, THE PROGRAM DIRECTORS, THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND THAT ARE THERE WITH THOSE KIDS EVERY SINGLE DAY. I WILL, I'M PRETTY SURE THEY'LL APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN CISNEROS. THANK YOU MAYOR. I WANTED TO ALSO ADD THAT THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS ARE FREE, YOU KNOW, TO ANYBODY THAT THE CHILDREN HAVE TO REGISTER, BUT THEY ARE FREE. YES. UM, AND ALSO THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT I'VE JUST BECOME AWARE OF RECENTLY THAT I'VE HEARD FROM A PARK MANAGER SAYING THAT THERE IS, UM, BECAUSE HISD HAS RAMPED UP AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS AT THEIR CAMPUSES, WE HAVE TUTORIAL HELPING CHILDREN CATCH UP THAT, THAT, UM, THAT THEY'RE SEEING AN IMPACT ON CHILDREN NOT COMING TO THE PARKS BECAUSE THEY'RE AT THE SCHOOLS INSTEAD. YEAH. AND THAT COULD BE AT SOME OF THE COMMUNITY CENTERS. HOWEVER, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL PARTNERSHIP WITH HISD AND WHEN THE KIDS DON'T COME TO US, WE GO TO THEM. YES. AND SO WE BUILD THOSE PARTNERSHIPS. WE ARE THERE FOR AFTER SCHOOL, UH, WHEN THEY GET OUT OF THEIR, UM, TUTORIALS AND WE PROVIDE OUR, UM, MINUTE MAID, UH, ASTROS JUNIOR RBI, UM, PROGRAM THERE. LAST YEAR I THINK WE HAD ABOUT, I THINK ABOUT CLOSE TO 4,000 KIDS THAT PARTICIPATED BECAUSE WE HAD ABOUT 20 PARTNERSHIPS WITH SCHOOLS. YES. SO THEY HAVE OPEN, THEY HAVE, UM, OPEN ARMS FOR US TO COME INTO, UH, THAT COMMUNITY TO THEIR SCHOOLS BECAUSE, UH, OFTENTIMES THE SCHOOLS ARE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER MM-HMM . OR DOWN THE STREET OR IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WE DO HAVE A, A GREAT, UM, PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM. YEAH, I'VE HEARD THAT TOO. I, I JUST, I WANT KIDS TO COME TO THE PARKS. YES, FOR SURE. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABA. I PUSHED IN THE NICK OF TIME. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU ALL DO. AND THIS GENTLEMAN STANDING HERE HAS BEEN A LIFESAVER FOR, UH, MY FIRST TEA PROGRAM AND ALL OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE AT THE PARKS. AND SO I SINCERELY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ALL DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. VERY, VERY MUCH. UM, MS. LAHAM, I APPRECIATE IT. WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE TO SIGN UP. IS THERE ANYONE WHO IS HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM FOR AGAIN, SOM SEEING NO ONE. IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE HEARING? CASTEX TATUM, MOVE TO CLOSE THE HEARING. SECOND ROBINSON, MOVE TO SECOND TO CLOSE. ANY OBJECTION, SHERIFF? NONE. AND THE MOTION IS GRANTED. UM, MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU'LL CALL NOW ITEM TWO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ITEM [2.  ORDINANCE readopting the Houston Youth Recreation Program's Standards of Care as Codified at Article XII of Chapter 32 of the Code of Ordinances, Houston. Texas; containing findings and other provisions related to the subject; providing an effective date; providing for severability ] TWO IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM TWO. UH, DISCUSSION ON TWO. DISCUSSION ON TWO IN FAVOR. OPPOSE GRANTED ON TWO. UH, THE MOTION CARRIES WITH REGARDS [MAYOR'S REPORT] TO THE MAYOR'S REPORT. UH, SINCE WE, UH, UH, WHAT'S TODAY, AUGUST 24TH, 23RD, 24TH, UH, AND OF COURSE HARVEY HIT ON AUGUST 25TH. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE A, KINDA LIKE A 5-YEAR-OLD YOU, UH, TODAY. SO LET ME CALL UP STEVE COSTELLO, UM, CHIEF RECOVERY OFFICER FOR THE CITY TO GIVE LIKE A FIVE YEAR OVERVIEW AND, UH, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. SO CERTAINLY WELCOME BY STEVE. THANK YOU MAYOR. GOOD MORNING AND GOOD MORNING COUNCIL RIVER. GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY HERE. UM, NORMALLY I DON'T USE THE TERM ANNIVERSARY AS I, AS WE APPROACH THESE EVERY OTHER YEAR AND I ALWAYS JUST SAY IT'S POST THE EVENT, UH, BECAUSE WE NORMALLY ASSOCIATE GOOD THINGS WITH ANNIVERSARIES. SO THAT'S WHY I DON'T NORMALLY LIKE TO USE THAT TERM. BUT THANK YOU YOU MAYOR AND AND COUNCIL MEMBERS WE'RE I THINK, YEAH. SO THIS POWERPOINT WE'LL MAKE AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY'S OFFICE TODAY AND, AND JUST, I JUST WANNA REMIND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THIS IS A CUMULATIVE REPORT. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS EVERY YEAR WE ADD TO THE REPORT. SO YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THESE SLIDES LOOK PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS WHAT THEY HAVE IN PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS. I'M GONNA GO VERY QUICKLY THROUGH THE SLIDES BECAUSE I WANT TO GET TO SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS [02:05:01] IN THE BACK OF THE SLIDE. SO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, GLORIA, PLEASE. SO JUST AS A REFRESHER, THIS IS A REMINDER THAT WE ACTUALLY GET FUNDS FROM TWO STATE AGENCIES, UH, FEDERAL AGENCIES THAT FLOW DOWN THROUGH STATE AGENCIES. SO WE HAVE THE FEMA DOLLARS THAT COME IN THE FORM OF WHAT WE CALL PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND HAZARD MITIGATION. AND THOSE FUNDS FLOW THROUGH THE TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND THEN ULTIMATELY TO THE CITY. AND THEN ON THE HUD SIDE WE GET DISASTER RECOVERY THROUGH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT OF CDBG FUNDS, EITHER DIRECTLY THROUGH DISASTER RECOVERY FOR HOUSING AND THEN NOW A NEW PROGRAM WHICH IS CDBG, MIT, WHICH IS MITIGATION DOLLARS. SO THIS IS SORT OF A FLOW CHART OF HOW THAT ACTUALLY WORKS AND CURRENTLY. SO, UH, GLORIA, IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'RE GONNA WALK THROUGH THESE VERY QUICKLY. THIS IS JUST A HOUSING SUMMARY. GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO I THINK, UH, GLORIA, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT HERE THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS PART OF THE RECOVERY FROM THE C-D-B-G-D-R WAS $23 MILLION FOR A SERIES OF PLANNING STUDIES. EVERY ONE OF THESE PLANNING STUDIES ARE ACTUALLY BEING IMPLEMENTED RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK, OR YOU AS A COUNCIL MEMBER ARE ABOUT TO APPROVE THE VERY LAST ONE, WHICH IS THE VERY LAST ONE, WHICH IS THE STORMWATER IMPROVEMENT CENTER ON COUNCIL AGENDA TODAY. SO WE REALLY WOULD APPRECIATE YOU APPROVING THOSE CONTRACTS. UH, GLORIA GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO THE NEXT SLIDE IS REALLY THE FINANCIAL NUMBERS. AS WE SIT TODAY NOW POST HURRICANE HARVEY, WE ORIGINALLY ESTIMATED THE TOTAL DAMAGES TO THE CITY IS ABOUT $2 BILLION. WHERE WE ARE TODAY, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT FIRST COLUMN SUBMITTED TO FEMA, A LITTLE OVER HALF A BILLION DOLLARS. BUT WHAT IS CURRENTLY OUTSTANDING THAT WE'RE STILL NEGOTIATING ON WHAT WE CALL THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE SIDE, WE STILL HAVE TO REBUILD OUR MUNICIPAL COURT BUILDING. OKAY? THAT'S THE VERY FIRST THING THAT'S GONNA BE OVER A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS. WE STILL HAVE TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL DREDGING IN LAKE HOUSTON. THAT'S GONNA BE OVER $40 MILLION. WE STILL ARE NEGOTIATING WITH FEMA ON THE RECOVERY OF OUR WASTEWATER SYSTEM, WHICH IS GOING TO BE MULTIPLES OF TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. WE REALLY DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE TWO OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DOING WITH USE IN FIRST, WHICH IS WHAT WE CALL HAZARD MITIGATION, IS TO IMPROVE SOME MITIGATION METHODS AT WORTHHAM THEATER AND THE GARAGES. SO WE'RE GONNA APPROACH SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 1.5 AND $2 BILLION AT THE END OF THE DAY, BUT THOSE ARE THE, SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. SO GLORIA, IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS IS JUST GSDS NUMBERS. GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. THIS IS SOME OF THE FIVE YEAR NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OKAY, GLORIA, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. I'M SORRY EVERYONE, I'M TALKING TO SOMEONE IN MY OFFICE AND SO WE'RE WAITING. THERE YOU GO. OKAY. SO I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT, I'M ONLY GONNA HIGHLIGHT JUST A COUPLE OF THESE, BUT IF YOU GO TO THE SECOND BULLET POINT, UH, PRIOR TO LAST YEAR WE HAD 124 LOCAL PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DOING ON DRAINAGE RELATED ISSUES. A LOT OF THESE I WANT TO, I WANT TO MAKE THE COUNCIL AWARE OF SEPARATE AND ASIDE FROM RECOVERY, WE'RE SPENDING MONEY AS WELL ON DRAINAGE AND FLOODING. SO SOME OF THESE PROJECTS I'M HIGHLIGHTING ARE SUPPLEMENTAL TO HARVEY RECOVERY. AND SO THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT HERE. SO THIS 218 PROJECTS, $40 MILLION LAST YEAR WAS ONLY 124 PROJECTS AND 20 MILLION. SO WE'VE DONE AN EXTRA $20 MILLION OF LOCAL DRAINAGE PROJECTS. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I THINK THE NEXT SLIDE IS IMPORTANT 'CAUSE WHAT I WANNA HIGHLIGHT HAS SOMETHING THAT US COUNCIL HAD APPROVED IN 2018. AND WHAT YOU DID WAS YOU IMPROVED OUR CHAPTER 19 AS IT RELATES TO NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION AND ELEVATING HOUSES EVEN IN NEW HOMES OR REBUILT HOMES. THAT WAS SIGNIFICANT. 'CAUSE WHAT THAT DID WAS THAT CHANGED THE CITY'S COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM. AND AS A RESULT OF CHANGING THE COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM, OUR RESIDENTS WHO BUY FLOOD INSURANCE NOW ARE ABLE TO GET A 25% REDUCTION IN THEIR FLOOD INSURANCE COST. WHY IS THAT SO SIGNIFICANT AND WHY AM I HIGHLIGHTING IT NOW? WELL, JUST THIS PAST YEAR, FEMA HAS JUST ADOPTED COMMUNITY RATING AND THEY CALL IT RISK RATING 2.0. AND SO WHAT FEMA HAS DONE NOW WITH THEIR FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM IS THEY REALIZE THAT THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN SEVERELY DISCOUNTED OVER THE YEARS. IT WAS SUBSIDIZED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THEY'RE NOW APPROACHING MORE OF A RISK BASED. SO SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE GONNA BE PAYING MULTIPLES OF WHAT THEY'RE PAYING NOW AND SOME OF THEM WILL BE PAYING MAYBE SLIGHTLY LESS, BUT BECAUSE OF OUR NEW COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM AS A RESULT OF WHAT YOU ADOPTED, WE ARE, OUR RESIDENTS CAN SAVE ABOUT 25% IN THEIR FLOOD INSURANCE COSTS. SO I MEAN THAT'S SIGNIFICANT. IT'S REALLY A BIG DEAL FOR ALL OF US CITYWIDE. SO IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THE NEXT SLIDE, I JUST KIND OF WANNA HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE FIVE YEAR THINGS THAT WE DID THE FIFTH YEAR. [02:10:01] AND YOU KNOW, WHAT WE DON'T RECOGNIZE IS WHAT'S HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES. LIKE FOR INSTANCE, EVEN THOUGH WE STILL HAVEN'T HAD RESOLUTION ON MUNICIPAL COURTS, OUR GSD DEPARTMENT IS HIRING AN ARCHITECT TO START TO DESIGN. WE KIND OF KNOW WHERE WE'RE GONNA PUT IT. IT'S JUST NOW WE'RE STILL NEGOTIATING WITH FEMA ON SEVERAL ASPECTS OF IT. BUT I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT HERE IS IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE $10 MILLION IN HARRIS COUNTY, SO SUPPLEMENTING THE FEMA MONEY THAT WE USE FOR DREDGING UP IN LAKE HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY HAD A $10 MILLION AMOUNT IN THEIR BOND PROGRAM. SO WE'VE ACTUALLY USED THOSE FUNDS TO DO ADDITIONAL DREDGING TO SOME OF THE CANALS THAT COME INTO LAKE HOUSTON. UH, AND THE OTHER THING IS, UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY STILL NEGOTIATING WITH THE STATE AND ALSO WITH HUD ON MITIGATION MONIES FOR OTHER PROJECTS. UH, IN PARTICULAR WE HAVE GRANT AND LOAN PROGRAMS THROUGH THE STATE. TAYLOR GULLY IS ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS UP IN KINGWOOD. WE HAVE A LEAF PARK WHICH IS GONNA BE DOING ON THE WEST SIDE, WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT. BUT I REALLY WANNA FOCUS ON THE LAST TWO SLIDES. SO LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE REALLY HAVE DONE THIS YEAR THAT I THINK IS SIGNIFICANT AND THE VERY THREE ITEMS THERE THAT WE'RE SHOWING THERE, THE TWO PARCELS THAT WE ACQUIRED FOR REGIONAL DETENTION, THE BUYOUT OF A 500 UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX IN GREENS POINT AND THE ACQUISITION OF 41 ACRES, THOSE ALL GO COLLECTIVELY. SO WHAT IS THAT? SO THE 41 ACRES WE ACQUIRED, WE ACQUIRED ON BUFFALO BAYOU RIGHT OFF OF A STREET CALLED OLD FARM AND IT'S IN DISTRICT G AND IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT SITS THERE RIGHT ON BUFFALO BAYOU. AND IT WAS A GREEN SPACE, IT WAS UP ON THE MARKET. WE REACHED OUT TO THE COMPANY THAT WAS MARKETING IT ON BEHALF OF THE THE OWNERS AND WE CONVINCED THEM THAT WE REALLY WANTED IT AND WE THINK IT'S BETTER FOR THE CITY TO ACQUIRE FOR DETENTION RATHER THAN YOU SELLING IT TO A DEVELOPER. AND WE WERE SUCCESSFUL. SO WE BOUGHT THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY. THEN ON THE 500 UNIT, THIS IS THE PISCA PROPERTY, AND THANK YOU COUNSEL FOR APPROVING THE ACQUISITION OF THIS. THIS IS AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN GREENS POINT THAT WAS BUILT IN THE SEVENTIES BEFORE THE FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM WAS EVEN CREATED. SO IT WASN'T IN A FLOODPLAIN. THEN IN EARLY 1980, THE FLOODPLAIN MAPS CAME OUT AND THE PROPERTY WAS IN THE FLOODPLAIN. AND THEN OVER THE YEARS, THESE FLOOD INSURANCE STUDIES ACTUALLY KEEP EVOLVING BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION. IT WENT FROM IN THE FLOODPLAIN TO DEEPER IN THE FLOODPLAIN TO IN THE FLOODWAY. AND NOW IT'S DEEP IN THE FLOODWAY. AND AS A RESULT, THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX FLOODED NOT ONLY IN HARVEY BUT FLOODED PRIOR TO HARVEY SEVERAL TIMES. AND SO WE SAW THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT'S IN THE FLOODWAY AND GET THESE PEOPLE OUTTA HARM'S WAY. AND THANKFULLY Y'ALL APPROVED THE ACQUISITION OF THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX. WE SPENT $38 MILLION, IT'S ACTUALLY A JOINT VENTURE. WE WERE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO HARRIS COUNTY. HARRIS COUNTY PUT UP HALF THE MONEY FOR US. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE'RE USING ACTUALLY HUD C-D-B-G-D-R FUNDS TO, TO ACQUIRE THE SITE. AND WE WE'RE USING FUNDS TO DEMOLISH THE SITE. AND ONCE WE'RE DONE, WE'RE GONNA CONVEY THAT PROPERTY TO FLOOD CONTROL FOR A FUTURE REGIONAL DETENTION POND. AND SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY LIKE TO FOCUS ON. SO COLLECTIVELY, THOSE TWO ACQUISITIONS WAS A LITTLE OVER $51 MILLION THAT WE SPENT THIS PAST YEAR IN ACQUIRING SITES. AND BEAR IN MIND, ANYONE WHO'S IN THE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS UNDERSTANDS THAT IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET TO WHERE YOU CAN BUY A PIECE OF PROPERTY. SO WE WERE NEGOTIATING FOR QUITE SOME TIME WITH SOME OF THESE PEOPLE. AND I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT ALSO, IF YOU LOOK AT THE LEVERAGING OF PUBLIC PRIVATE, AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT DETENTION AND WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO BUILD DETENTION. WE UNDERSTAND THAT ENGINEER, I LIKE IT AS A BIG OLD OPEN POND. WELL, I UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN NOW INTEGRATING DETENTION INTO QUALITY OF LIFE. AND SO WITH THE MAYOR'S HELP, WE'VE REACHED OUT TO PARKS BOARD, WE HAVE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE HELPING US TO BRING A AMENITIZED FACILITIES TO THE STRUCTURAL DETENTION BASINS. SO WE'RE THINKING DUAL USE. SO, AND WE WE'RE REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. AND THEN I THINK THE, UH, IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE BOTTOM, AND I THINK THIS IS NOT GOOD NEWS, THIS IS FRUSTRATING NEWS AND DOWN AT THE BOTTOM IS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THE STATE GOT $4.3 BILLION IN CDBG MITIGATION FROM HUD. AND WE HAVE $0. AND, AND I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT WITH THE ADMINISTRATION'S ASSISTANCE THAT WE'VE BEEN ACTIVELY ARGUING NOT ONLY HERE LOCALLY, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE ON THE C, ON HG, HDA LOCALLY WITH HDA LOCALLY, AND THEN WITH THE STATE LEVEL TO SAY THIS IS UNFAIR FOR US. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THAT. AND I DO APPRECIATE THE MAYOR'S HELP ON THIS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. AND IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO THE NEXT SLIDE IS REALLY THE LAST ONE. AND IT'S REALLY, I, SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS ON EACH ONE OF THESE, EACH ONE OF THESE, WE TELL YOU WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO FOR THE NEXT YEAR. SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN THE NEXT YEAR, AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME REALLY SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE NEXT YEAR, WE'RE [02:15:01] GONNA HAVE A DREDGING PROJECT THAT'S UNDERWAY. 'CAUSE WE'RE PLANNING TO BID IT BY THE END OF THE YEAR IN LAKE HOUSTON. WE WILL SUCCESSFULLY NEGOTIATE WITH FEMA FOR THE MUNICIPAL COURT RELOCATION. AND THE MAYOR HAS TALKED TO ME ALMOST DAILY ABOUT GETTING THIS DONE, BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED TO GET IT DONE, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME RESOLUTION ON OUR WASTEWATER SYSTEM. AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THAT IS WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT A CONSOLIDATION OF OUR WASTEWATER SYSTEM. BUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS TO TAKE THE FUNDS FROM FEMA FOR RECOVERY AND APPLY IT TO OUR IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR CONSOLIDATION SYSTEM. AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HEADED IN TERMS OF GETTING THAT. AND I THINK WE'LL BE THERE. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S SIGNIFICANT. AND I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT WE, WE REALLY DON'T REALIZE IS THE OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING ON OUTSIDE OF HARVEY. AND, AND, AND I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE ITEM THAT'S NOT EVEN ON HERE. AND THAT IS THAT WHEN, WHEN A PRESIDENT DECLARES A DISASTER AND FEMA COMES DOWN, SO FEMA FIGURES OUT HOW MUCH MONEY THEY'RE GONNA SPEND IN WHAT WE WOULD CALL PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, THEN THEY TAKE AN INCREMENT OF THAT AND APPLY IT TO WHAT IS CALLED HAZARD MITIGATION. SO WE'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE OVER $300 MILLION OF HAZARD MITIGATION FUNDS FROM AS A RESULT OF HARVEY. AND THOSE PROJECTS ARE NORTH CANAL INWOOD GOLF COURSE, THE DETENTION BASIN IN DISTRICT G, AS WELL AS THE LAKE HOUSTON DAM PROJECT. OKAY, NOW FAST FORWARD TO COVID. WELL, COVID HIT THE COUNTRY AND THE PRESIDENT DECLARED A DISASTER. SO NOW FEMA HAS SET ASIDE HAZARD MITIGATION MONEY AS A RESULT OF COVID. BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR US? SO FEMA HAS GIVEN THE STATE OF TEXAS $550 MILLION IN HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT FUNDS. OF THAT 550 MILLION, IT'S A 90 10% COST SHARE. SO YOU GOTTA ADD 55 MILLION IN FOR THE LOCAL SHARE. SO THE TOTAL PROGRAM IS $605 MILLION. THEY HAD A CALL FOR PROJECTS. WE SUBMITTED A VERY COMPREHENSIVE PROJECT IN CONJUNCTION WITH HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT TO COMPLIMENT THE FEDERAL PROJECT BRACE. BUT WHAT IS THAT? THAT IS IMPROVEMENTS OF KEEGAN'S BUY UPSTREAM WITH REGIONAL DETENTION AT THE REFINO LANDFILL SITE IN COUNCIL MEMBER POLLS DISTRICT. AND WE SUBMITTED THAT APPLICATION. IT'S ESTIMATED TO BE $96 MILLION. MIGHT BE WISHFUL THINKING THAT THE STATE WOULD GIVE US ONE SIX OF THE TOTAL FUNDS, BUT WE'RE STILL GONNA ASK FOR IT. THE NICE THING ABOUT THE PROJECT IS IT HAS A BENEFIT TO COST OF 1.5. IT'S AN INCREDIBLE PROJECT IN AN INCREDIBLE LOCATION. AND THAT WE HOPE TO WORK WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER, THE COMMUNITY IF IN FACT WE'RE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING THIS PROJECT GOING FORWARD, THAT WE CAN AMENITIZE THIS PARTICULAR REGIONAL DETENTION BASIN. BEAR IN MIND THAT WE HAVE PARTNERS. WE DON'T OWN THE RAFINO LANDFILL SITE, THE CITY OF BEL AIR AND THE CITY OF WEST U DO. AND SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH BOTH COMMUNITIES. UH, FORTUNATELY THE CITY OF BEL AIR ISSUED A, A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING THAT WE APPLIED TO OUR APPLICATION, SO THEY'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH US. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING THAT ARE REALLY TOTALLY OUT OUTSIDE OF THE HARVEY EFFORT. UH, BUT THE OTHER THING I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T WANT TO BRING THIS SLIDE UP, BUT I DID BEFORE COVID MAY, I, YOU WOULD REMEMBER THIS WHEN WE HAD SOME COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND I PRESENTED TO THE COMMUNITY WHAT THE FEMA PROCESS IS ON THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE SIDE, WHICH IS RECOVERY. THAT IT HAD 50 STEPS. I LITERALLY HAD TO SIDE UP AND YOU COULD SEE IT IN SERIES. AND I TELL EVERYONE, I KNOW YOU COULDN'T READ THIS, BUT I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU THE FRUSTRATION PART OF IT. UH, SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. WE, I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD MESSAGE. SO THE MAYOR AND I TALKED THIS MORNING, SO POST FOUR YEARS, WE SPENT $780 MILLION IN RECOVERY. THIS YEAR IT'S A LITTLE OVER $850 MILLION. SO WE CONTINUE TO INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY, EVEN AS WE ARE FRUSTRATING, TRY TO GET AS MUCH RECOVERY BACK AS WE CAN. SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AND IF I SAY, I DON'T KNOW, AND I'LL GET BACK TO YOU. I HOPE YOU ACCEPT THAT. THANK YOU. LET ME HIGHLIGHT THAT. THE 850 MILLION, THOSE ARE LOCAL. THOSE ARE LOCAL DOLLARS, YES, SIR. AND NONFEDERAL OR STATE DOLLARS. THE OTHER THING IN TERMS OF, UH, LOOKING AHEAD AND EVEN THOUGH IT WON'T BE COMPLETED BY AUGUST 25TH OF NEXT YEAR, UH, BUT WITH REGARDS TO THE INWOOD PROJECT, WE DO EXPECT THAT TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR. AND SO THAT, UH, THAT CONVERSATION HAS BEEN HAD, UH, REPEATEDLY COURSE NOT JUST WITH STEVE, BUT WITH, UM, THE HEAD OF FEMA, ADMINISTRATIVE FEMA AND TONY ROBINSON. SO, UM, WE DO ANTICIPATE AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE FOUR HAZARD MITIGATION PROJECTS TO BE COMPLETED, UH, BY THE END OF, UH, 2023. UH, OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON. THANK YOU MAYOR AND, AND DIRECTOR. UH, [02:20:01] HADDOCK, I THINK IS TO BE CONGRATULATED. CHIEF COSTELLO IS TO BE CONGRATULATED. MAYOR, I'M REALLY GLAD THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT CHIEF COSTELLO TO THE PODIUM TODAY TO GIVE US THIS UPDATE. IT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, A FIVE YEAR WHAT YOU SAID, YOU DON'T USE THE WORD ANNIVERSARY. WHAT IS THE WORD YOU USE? POST EVENT. POST AN EVENT. OKAY. WELL, I LIKE THAT TOO. I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, MAYOR, THE LAST SEVEN YEARS THAT YOU'VE BEEN IN OFFICE, WE'VE HAD SEVEN FEDERALLY DECLARED DISASTERS. BUT THESE FIVE WHO ARE HERE, AND I'VE GOT MY LIST OF THE SEVEN IN FRONT OF ME THAT, UH, DIRECTOR HADDOCK HAS SHARED. AND IT'S, IT'S REMARKABLE WHAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH AND HOW, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD TO SURVIVE LARGELY OF OUR OWN BOOTSTRAPS AND, UH, AND, AND HARD WORK, STEVE. AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU TOUCHED ON TODAY THAT ARE HARD TO SEE WHEN IT COMES TO RATE CHANGE, UH, ISSUES AND INVESTMENTS AND, UH, POLICIES AND THE PROCESSES THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH WORKING WITH GRANT MONIES, BOTH FEDERALLY AND FROM THE STATE. AND WHEN WE'RE LEFT OUT TO DRY WITHOUT, UH, THE ASSISTANCE, THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE THAT WE NEED DESERVE, AND EVERYONE ARGUES HAS BEEN JUST REMARKABLE HOW UNRECEPTIVE, UH, FOLKS HAVE BEEN TO THE LOGIC OF US GETTING OUR FAIR SHARE OF MONEY. IT, IT'S, IT'S IMPRESSIVE WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO. SO I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THAT. COLLEAGUES. WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY BETWEEN, UH, 16 AND 20. UH, THEY REFER TO THE ONE WATER PROGRAM, WHICH IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT INITIATIVE, STEVE, THAT YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH, THAT OUR, UH, PUBLIC WORKS TEAM HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH. UM, MAYOR, THESE ARE ALL REMARKABLE STEPS THAT WE'RE MAKING. SO GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT THIS NEXT YEAR. AND, UH, LET'S GO GET 'EM FOR ALL THAT YOU SAID. AND LASTLY, JUST BEYOND THE WALLS HERE, WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO WITH HGAC. I DO WANNA ALSO THANK MY COLLEAGUES AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE HARD WORK THAT'S GOING ON, UH, ACROSS MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS. SO, THANK YOU MAYOR, VERY MUCH. MAYOR. MAYOR, IF YOU DON'T MIND, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I WANNA REMIND YOU THAT I'M PRESENTING A REPORT ON BEHALF OF MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS. WE HAVE SOME INCREDIBLE PEOPLE HERE IN GSD AND PUBLIC WORKS IN HOUSING, LEGAL DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS. WE'RE ALL WORKING TO ACCOMPLISH THE SAME THING, IS TO TRY TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY COME BACK. AND I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ME THE, THE KUDOS, BUT IT'S REALLY, I'M JUST A MESSENGER TO, FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE'S EFFORTS. IT'S A MASSIVE TEAM EFFORT CHIEF. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. COUNCILMAN MCCAIN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. THE HONORABLE CHIEF. UM, FIRST OFF, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION MAYOR, AND I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN ALL GET A COPY OF IT SO WE CAN BREAK DOWN SOME OF THIS TO SHARE OUT TO OUR OWN CONSTITUENTS. UM, AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT IN TERMS OF ALL THAT YOU ALL AND THE CITY HAS BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH, DESPITE THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE FACED, NOT ONLY THE FEDERALLY DECLARED DISASTERS, BUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED, I THINK YOU SAID $0 OUT OF OVER 4 BILLION YES. THAT THE STATE HAS RECEIVED. WELL, WE RECEIVED A LITTLE OVER 8 MILLION FOR A PROJECT THAT'S FROM THE 2016 DISASTER. RIGHT. BUT WE'VE GOT ZERO FROM THE HARVEY FUNDS. RIGHT. AND THE STATE HAS REFUSED TO TAP INTO THE RAINY DAY FUND. UH, THE LIST GOES ON AND ON, BUT WE KEEP AT IT. YOU KEEP AT IT, MAYOR OR YOUR DEPARTMENTS KEEP AT IT. UM, AND WE'RE STILL IN RECOVERY. AND THAT I KNOW, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON, YOU POINTED THIS OUT. I WAS ALSO GOING TO, BECAUSE THESE ITEMS HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON DISTRICT C. UM, THE 2D, THE DYNAMIC AND HYDRAULIC MODELING, UH, OF THE FLOOD MITIGATION AND DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE ITEMS THAT ARE COMING UP. UH, SPECIFICALLY ONE FOR BRAISED BAYOU, ONE FOR WHITE OAK BAYOU IN OUR DISTRICT, UM, AS WELL AS ITEMS 29 ONWARDS. UH, THEY'RE FMA GRANT EXTENSIONS. OVER 20 OF THOSE HOMES THAT WE'RE GONNA BE VOTING ON, EXTENDING THOSE GRANT, UH, TIMELINES FOR ARE IN MEYERLAND. UH, AND I KNOW THE CHRONICLE AND THE ANNIVERSARY OF HARVEY, UH, DID A WHOLE, YOU KNOW, PIECE ON THE RECOVERY OF MEYERLAND AND IT CONTINUES, AND THAT'S A CITYWIDE ISSUE. BUT I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE BECAUSE THE WORK CONTINUES AS WE CONTINUE TO RECOVER AND THERE'S MORE WORK NEEDED, UH, ESPECIALLY AGAIN, THE MUNICIPAL COURTS AND PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE HIGHLIGHTING. UH, I DID WANT TO, UH, POINT OUT, 'CAUSE IT WAS SUCH A SMALL COMPONENT, BUT I KNOW EVEN YOUR WORK PREDATING YOUR CURRENT POSITION ON GREEN STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF INCORPORATING THAT AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN YOUR WORK ON IT. UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE MAYOR MORE OF THIS AND WHATEVER WE CAN BE DOING TO INCENTIVIZE GSI, UH, WE SHOULD BE DOING. AND I, I WANNA PUT A BIG ASTERISK ALONG GREEN ROOFS BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BE DOING YESTERDAY AND INCENTIVIZING AND MAKING IT EASIER FOR. BUT GSI IS GONNA BE A CRITICAL COMPONENT WHEN THESE FEDERAL [02:25:01] DOLLARS RUN OUT. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. UH, IT'S YEOMAN'S WORK TO GET THIS DONE DESPITE ALL OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE ARE FACING, UM, WITH OTHER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN MAYOR COY. THANK YOU. THANKS STEVE FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE, YOU AND THE WHOLE ENTIRE TEAM. IT'S INCREDIBLE WHAT YOU HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH. UM, A FEW QUESTIONS ON THE PARCELS THAT WE BOUGHT. YOU SAID WE SHARED THE COST WITH THE COUNTY, WITH THE FLOOD CONTROL OR WITH THE COUNTY? COUNTY. SO IT WAS ACTUALLY WITH FLOOD CONTROL. OKAY. YES. OKAY. ON THE, UM, HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM FOR PROJECTS, INWOOD MAYOR YOU MENTIONED IS GONNA BE DONE NEXT YEAR. CAN YOU GIVE US KIND OF A STATUS ON THE OTHER THREE AND WHAT, HOW ARE WE WE DOING WITH THE BCA? SO, UM, SO INWOOD IS ACTUALLY HAS A FAVORABLE BC UH, THE WAY THESE PROGRAMS WORK, IT'S, IT'S A TWO STEP PROCESS. FEMA APPROVES THE PO, THE TOTAL PROJECT SETS ASIDE THE MONEY, BUT THEY ONLY GIVE YOU THE FUNDS FOR WHAT THEY CALL PHASE ONE, WHICH IS DESIGN PERMITTING ENVIRONMENTAL. AND THEN YOU RESUBMIT A BC ANALYSIS AND THEY VERIFY THAT, AND THEN THEY GIVE YOU THE MONEY FOR CONSTRUCTION. SO INWOOD IS THE FURTHEST ALONG. AND SO WE'RE WAITING FOR APPROVAL TO GO TO CONSTRUCTION. WE ANTICIPATE THAT NO LATER THAN OCTOBER, IS WHAT FEMA HAS TOLD THE MAYOR PERSONALLY. AND SO WE'RE ENCOURAGING OUR PARTNER, WHICH IS FLOOD CONTROL, WHO IS MANAGING THE PROJECT TO START THE BIDDING PROCESS. SO THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THAT GOING. SO THAT'S THE FURTHEST ALONG ON, UH, LAKE HOUSTON DAM. WE'RE STILL EVALUATING THE GATE STRUCTURES. WE'RE HAVING CHALLENGES MEETING THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENT OF THE BC A SUCCESSFUL BC OF ONE. UH, SO WE'RE STILL EVALUATING THAT. WE HAVE OUR CONSULTANT WORKING ON REDOING THE ANALYSIS OF THE BC WE SHOULD HAVE THAT BY THE END OF THE MONTH, EXCUSE ME, THE END OF SEPTEMBER IS WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING. NORTH CANAL HAS SOME VERY UNIQUE CHALLENGES. IT IS THE LARGEST HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROJECT IN THE STATE. IT'S ESTIMATED TO BE SOMEWHERE NORTH OF 150 TO $160 MILLION, WHICH IS MORE THAN THE GRANT FUNDS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE. UH, SO WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THE STATE TO TALK ABOUT THOSE ISSUES. SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE ON THE NORTH CANAL HAVE REALLY TO DO WITH ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, NOT NECESSARILY WITH PRODUCTION OF THE WORK. UH, BECAUSE SOME OF THE SITES WERE PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY A RAILROAD COMPANY, WHICH NOW OWNED BY METRO, WHICH HAS A POTENTIAL, HAVE SOME WHAT WE CALL HYDROCARBON HAZARDOUS MATERIAL. SO WE'RE HAVING TO INVESTIGATE THAT RIGHT NOW. SO IT'S DELAYING THE PROJECT SLIGHTLY, UH, ASSUMING WE GET THAT RESOLVED. AND WE HAVE EPA HELPING US WITH THAT. UH, PROBABLY WE'LL HAVE IT BUILT SEVERAL YEARS PAST THE ADMINISTRATION, WHICH THE MAYOR OBVIOUSLY IS, DOESN'T REALLY LIKE THAT ISSUE, BUT I REALLY HAVE TO BE THE BEAR OF BAD NEWS. SO, UH, BUT WE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON THAT ONE. AND THEN ON THE SUB-REGIONAL DETENTION BASIN OUT IN MEMORIAL CITY AREA, WE ANTICIPATE A CONTRACT COMING BEFORE COUNCIL NEXT MONTH, EARLY NEXT MONTH FOR APPROVAL OF THE ENGINEERING DESIGN. UH, AND WE THINK THAT PROJECT WILL BE FINE IN TERMS OF ITS FUTURE BC SO ULTIMATELY THE BCS WILL BE FINE ON ALL THESE. YOU, THAT'S OUR GOAL. OKAY. I I, I WOULDN'T SAY YES. OKAY. I, I THINK THE MOST CHALLENGING ONE IS THE LAKE HOUSTON DAM PROJECT AT THIS POINT. OKAY. OKAY. ON RAFINO, WE'VE GOT MONEY FOR THE STUDY, RIGHT? OR WHAT, WHAT MONEY HAVE WE GOTTEN FROM REFINO? CAN YOU, SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON RAFINO. THE MAYOR AND I TALKED ABOUT RAFINO THREE YEARS AGO, AND HE SAID, I WANT YOU TO GET THAT SITE GOING. AND SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE ON OUR OWN RESOURCES, WE WENT OUT AND MET WITH TCQ TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO TO VERIFY HOW WE WOULD MOVE THAT MATERIAL. WE ACTUALLY DID THE BORINGS TO DO WHAT THEY CALL A CLASSIFICATION TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THERE. THEN TCQ ASKED US TO DO PITS TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE FURTHER EXCAVATION. SO WE'VE DONE THAT, WE'VE IDENTIFIED WHAT'S THERE. IT'S NOT HAZARDOUS. WE'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE IT. WE HAVE TO FILE WHAT IS CALLED A TITLE IX PERMIT WITH TCQ. WE'LL WAIT TO FILE THAT AS SOON AS WE HEAR FROM THE STATE WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE THE FUNDING. AND SO WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK INTERNALLY COMPLIMENTING THAT WITH FLOOD CONTROL HAS DONE THE PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING FOR THE KEEGANS BAYOU IMPROVEMENTS. OKAY. SO THE, THE MONEY, THE, THE COVID DR. MONEY OR IS IS FOR RAFINO. THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE APPLIED FOR. BUT WE, THE COMBINATION OF THE DRAINAGE CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS TO KEEGANS AND RAFINO COMBINED. OKAY. AND FINALLY ON THE, UM, INEQUITY PIECE, UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS TRAVELING LAST WEEK, SO I DIDN'T REALLY GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOU GUYS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AT THE HGAC MEETING, THE MOST RECENT ONE. AND NOBODY CAME TO PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE EVERYBODY ALREADY HAD, AND I THINK ALL MY COLLEAGUES WHO SUBMITTED LETTERS, WHO CAME, ANY OF THE OPPORTUNITIES BEFORE, I WASN'T GONNA FLOOD THAT ROOM AGAIN WITH PEOPLE BECAUSE IT WAS A MOOT POINT. EVERYBODY HAD ALREADY SPOKEN. AND I HAD CONGRESSMEN, I HAD STATE REPS, [02:30:01] I HAD EVERYBODY SUBMITTING. AND, AND WE GOT LITERALLY, AND THE MEETING BEFORE, UH, THE, THE, THE MONTH BEFORE THIS VOTE, I SAID, WHAT EXACTLY WILL BE, WILL HAPPEN WITH ALL THESE COMMENTS? HOW WILL THESE COMMENTS BE REVIEWED AND ANALYZED? AND I WAS GIVEN, OH, YES, WE, WE REVIEW THEM, WE MIGHT MAKE SOME ALTERATIONS. WE LOOK AT ALL THE COMMENTS. WE WERE LITERALLY GIVEN THE COMMENTS THE EVENING BEFORE. SORRY, MOTION TO EXTEND. SECOND. THANK YOU. SORRY. THIS MIGHT BE BETTER FOR POPOFF, BUT WHATEVER. WE WERE GIVEN THE, THE, THE 158 PAGES WORTH OF COMMENTS THE EVENING BEFORE. SO I DOUBT ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAD THE CHANCE TO GO THROUGH ALL THOSE COMMENTS. THERE WAS NOTHING BUT MINOR CHANGES TO DIFFERENT CITIES. NOT EVEN, NOT EVEN HOUSTON, BASED ON THOSE COMMENTS. THE BULK OF THE COMMENTS WERE ALL ABOUT ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR, FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON. UM, DURING THE DISCUSSION PERIOD, UM, BEFORE MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER WAS EVEN ABLE TO SPEAK, THEY CLOSED, CALLED THE QUESTION AND CLOSED THE DISCUSSION. IT WAS NOT GREAT. , UH, WE WENT DOWN, I, I TRIED FOR A DELAY. HARRIS COUNTY, AS YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS DECISION WAS PREDICATED ON THE FACT THAT HUGHES, HARRIS COUNTY IS GETTING THE $750 MILLION FROM THE GLO DIRECTLY. THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE THE GRANT AGREEMENT DONE WITH THE GLO. THEY'RE NOT ANY CLOSER TO HAVING A DRAFT METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION AND LETTING US KNOW WHAT WE MIGHT GET THAN, SO, SO OBVIOUSLY I WAS GONNA SEE, TRY TO SEEK A DELAY THAT FAILED. AND THEN ULTIMATELY WE WERE, UH, WE WERE ENDED UP WITH $10 MILLION OUT OF $488 MILLION. SO JUST, UH, THE VOTE ON THE DELAY WAS EVERYBODY AGAINST THREE, COMMISSIONER GARCIA, UM, VOTED WITH US ON THE DELAY. AND THEN THE VOTE ON THE ACTUAL ITEM WAS JUST, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER AND I IN THE KNOW. SO, UM, THEY ALL SEEM TO LIKE US A LOT, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE VOTE, MAN, IT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN. SO I THINK, UM, YOU, STEVE MAYOR, EVERYBODY WHO JOINED IN THAT EFFORT DIDN'T MEAN TO GO ON TOO LONG ABOUT IT, BUT THAT'S THE STATE OF AFFAIRS. I REALLY AM HOPEFUL THAT THAT IS NOT THE END OF THE STORY. NO. MAYOR, IF IT'S OKAY, I JUST DO A QUICK FOLLOW UP TO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER ALCO SAYING. WE STILL GOT A LONG LIST OF PEOPLE. YEAH. I I'M GONNA GET OUT REAL QUICK. YEAH. BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTERS TO HT A C COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN'S ADVOCATE FOR US RIGHT THERE. COUNCIL MEMBER PECK JOINED ME AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN, WE MADE PUBLIC PUBLIC COMMENTS AND, AND YES, THEY, THEY REALLY IGNORE THEM. WELL, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO IGNORE IT UNLESS THERE'S SOMEBODY AT HUD. SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S AT HUD UH, THESE DAYS, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE OPEN FOR BUSINESS TO CLOSE, BUT WHEN HUD OPENS UP AND, UH, DEFENDS AND ITS OWN DIS UH, CONCLUSION THAT, UH, GLO HAS DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES IN HOUSTON WITH REGARDS TO THOSE 4.3 CDBG MI, UH, MID FUNDING. SO HUD, UM, HAS TO DEFEND ITS OWN PROCESS AND ITS OWN DOLLARS AND ITS ALLOCATION. SO IF ANYONE IS AT HOME AT HUD, UH, THEN ANSWER THE PHONE, ANSWER THE PHONE, AND, UH, DEFEND YOURSELF BECAUSE IT IS THE INTEGRITY OF HUD THAT IS ON THE LINE. NOT THE CITY OF HOUSTON, NOT THE CITY OF HOUSTON, BUT IT'S THE INTEGRITY OF HUD, UM, THAT'S ON THE LINE. HAVING SAID THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KUN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, I HEARD YOU MENTION SOMETHING ABOUT THE MUNICIPAL COURT. BOY, I ALREADY PERKED UP. YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT USING THE BOTTOM FLOOR OF THAT BUILDING. I DO, I DO. SO THE PLANS WOULD BE TO MAYBE SELL ALL THAT PROPERTY AND THEN MOVE TO ANOTHER LOCATION. ANY IDEA WHERE WE MIGHT MOVE IT? SO THERE HAS BEEN SOME DISCUSSION WITH THE CHIEF TO MOVE THE SITE ON ONE OF THE, THE COMPLEX LAND THAT'S THERE. THE, THE MUNICIPAL COURT, THE PUBLIC SAFETY, ALL OF THAT FACILITY, THE REGIONAL AREA. AND THERE'S A THOUGHT PROCESS OF MOVING THE BUILDING. IF WE, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA ON WASHINGTON AVENUE, THERE USED TO BE A PARKING GARAGE THERE. THAT'S NOW A SURFACE LOT. YES. IS TO MOVE THE BUILDING RIGHT THERE AND, AND TO ACTUALLY BUILD THE BUILDING THERE. AND WHY WE'RE, WHY WE'RE THINKING THAT IS WE CAN CONTINUE TO OPERATE THE EXISTING COURT SYSTEM WHILE WE BUILD A NEW COURT. AND THE THOUGHT PROCESS ALSO WAS TO BUILD WHAT THEY CALL A PODIUM STYLE, WHICH IS A PARKING GARAGE, AND THEN THE COURTS ABOVE IT. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE THINKING RIGHT NOW. SO THAT'S, THOSE ARE THE CONVERSATIONS WE'RE HAVING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AS WELL AS WITH FEMA AT THIS TIME. YOU KNOW, UH, IT, IT WOULD BE NICE IF, IF, UH, 61 REASONER COULD BE THE ACTUAL POLICE STATION AGAIN, AND WE COULD MOVE IT FROM DOWNTOWN AND BUILD SOMETHING THERE AND GET, GET IT OUTTA DOWNTOWN. I'M [02:35:01] JUST FOCUSING ON A MUNICIPAL COURT BUILDING COUNCIL MEMBER. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS, MAYOR PRO K TATUM. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, STEVE, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THESE, THESE PROJECTS ARE NOT PROJECTS THAT CAN HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TO KEEP MOVING THEM FORWARD. UH, WHAT CAME TO MIND DURING THE PRESENTATION IS, UM, AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE A FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT REHABBING EXISTING APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND FLOOD PLAINS AND, UM, SHOULD WE RECONSTRUCT THOSE TO ELEVATE THE DEVELOPMENT OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN? OR ARE WE JUST RE UM, REHABBING THOSE? SO, AND, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION NOW, BUT I WANTED TO JUST KIND OF PUT THAT OUT THERE AS, SHOULD WE BE REHABBING PROPERTIES IN A FLOODPLAIN OR SHOULD WE ELEVATE THOSE OUT OF THE FLOOD PLAIN? YEAH, SO THERE'S BEEN A LONG DEBATE ABOUT, AND AND I'LL FOCUS RATHER THAN FLOODPLAIN COUNCIL MEMBER ON FLOODWAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. BECAUSE THAT'S THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PART. AND IF YOU RECALL, OUR CRITERIA SAYS THAT IF A FACILITY IS DAMAGED BEYOND 50%, WHAT WE CALL SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, THEN YOU HAVE TO BRING THAT FACILITY UP TO CURRENT STANDARDS. AND SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE ISSUE WE HAVE WITH ARBOR COURT UP IN GREENS POINT, THAT'S ONE OF THE CHALLENGES. I MEAN, IF YOU'RE GONNA REBUILD, YOU GOTTA REBUILD TO OUR NEW STANDARDS. AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE PART OF THE FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM. IF WE DON'T IMPLEMENT THAT, WE LOSE THE FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM. AND THEN ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS END UP LOSING FLOOD INSURANCE. SO, BUT THE PROBLEM WITH THE WAY THE ORDINANCE WAS WRITTEN, AND IT HAD TO BE WRITTEN THAT WAY PRIOR TO ALL OF US HERE, WAS THAT THEY STILL CAN BUILD IN THE FLOODWAY IF THEY MEET THE FEDERAL AND STATE AND LOCAL REQUIREMENTS TO BUILD IN THE FLOODWAY. IF WE DENY THEM BUILDING IN THE FLOODWAY, THEN THAT IS CONSIDERED A ADVERSE TAKING. AND WE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND IT CREATES A LOT OF PROBLEMS, BUT WE CURRENTLY DISCOURAGE ANY BUILDING IN THE FLOODWAY, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO RELATIVE TO BIS GAME, BISCAY WAS KIND OF UNIQUE BECAUSE WE WENT TO A PROPERTY OWNER AND, AND SAID, WE WANNA BUY THIS SITE BECAUSE IT'S IN THE FLOODWAY. AND THEY WERE GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO SAY, YEAH, OKAY, I'M WILLING TO DO THAT. AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN LEVERAGE THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPER OWNER TO DO IT IN OTHER AREAS. SO, UH, AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE SUBJECT TO RESOURCES. WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE MONEY. WE WERE ABLE TO USE IT WITH THE C-D-B-G-D-R FUNDS THAT HOUSING WAS ABLE TO SET ASIDE FOR US. SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE THOSE CHALLENGES MOVING FORWARD. BUT IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT RESILIENT HOUSTON REPORT, IT'S IN THERE SAYING THAT WE WANNA REMOVE THESE PEOPLE OUT OF HARM'S WAY AND WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON 5,000 UNITS IN THE FLOODWAY. AND SO WE'RE GONNA ACTIVELY BE DOING THAT. AND, AND THESE ARE AREAS THAT WERE BUILT PRIOR TO THE FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM AND NOW ARE NOW ARE IN THE FLOODWAY. AND SO WE SHOULD BE PURSUING THAT LONG TERM. OKAY. WE CAN, WE CAN HAVE A FURTHER DISCUSSION THAT, YES. BE HAPPY TO. COUNCILMAN P THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU AND STEVE FOR THE INWOOD PROJECT. AGAIN, THAT PROJECT IS JUST GOING TO BE SO AMAZING FOR THE WHOLE INWOOD AREA AND EVEN BEYOND INWOOD. IT'S AT THAT ALMOST A THOUSAND ACRE, ROUGHLY A THOUSAND ACRE FEET OF DETENTION, WHICH IS A HUGE AMOUNT THAT, I MEAN, WE CAN'T EVEN FIND THAT ANYWHERE ELSE REALLY IN THE CITY AT THIS POINT. SO IT'S REALLY GONNA BE A GAME CHANGER BETWEEN THAT AND THE WHITE OAK BAYOU PROJECT. AND EVEN THE ANTOINE PROJECT TOO, JUST REVITALIZING THAT ENTIRE AREA. SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE, UM, TIMELINE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE PUSHED UP LIKE THAT. SO, UM, REALLY JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU BOTH. GREAT. AND COUNCIL MEMBER, NOT ONLY DOES THAT PIE PROVIDE FLOOD DAMAGE REDUCTION ON WHITE OAK, IT ALSO HAS AVAILABLE STORAGE FOR PUBLIC WORKS REVITALIZATION OF ANTOINE AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL. COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS. THANK YOU, MARIN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. UM, UH, IN YOUR UPDATE ABOUT THE NORTH CANAL, THE LARGEST PROJECT, UM, YOU ADDRESSED SOME OF THE DELAYS, UM, BUT YOU DID NOT MENTION TDOT. AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE ABILITY FOR THAT PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD IS ALSO CONTINGENT ON WORK THAT, THAT TXDOT WOULD ADDRESS AS PART OF THE, UM, THE THE I 45 PROJECT. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT? YES, I CAN. IN FACT, I MET WITH TDOT LAST WEEK TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. AND REALLY, THEY'RE A PARTNER IN THE PROJECT IN TERMS OF FUNDING. SO OF THE 130 PLUS MILLION, THEY ARE ALLOCATING $20 MILLION. AND SO THE THOUGHT PROCESSES IN, IN TALKING TO THE DISTRICT ENGINEER, WILL HAVE SOME MORE DEFINITIVE ANSWERS SOMETIME IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER ISSUE. BECAUSE WHAT I I ASK THEM TO DO IS IF THERE'S A WAY TO NOT ASSOCIATE THE 20 MILLION WITH THE NORTH HIGHWAY PROJECT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT'S IN THE ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT. THEY CALL IT AN A FFA. I SAID, CAN WE APPLY IT TO ANOTHER PROJECT? AND THEY SAID, WELL, LET'S VISIT THAT COME NOVEMBER, DECEMBER. UH, BUT [02:40:01] THEY'RE STILL COMMITTED TO THE PROJECT. THEY WANT THE, THEY WANT THE NORTH CANAL PROJECT AS MUCH AS WE DO. 'CAUSE NOT ONLY DOES IT PROVIDE BENEFIT FOR US DOWNTOWN, BUT IT HELPS THEIR PROJECT ON I 10 THAT THEY JUST ANNOUNCED JUST WEST OF DOWNTOWN. OKAY. WELL I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT. 'CAUSE YOU'D EXPRESSED TO ME THAT, THAT IF THIS DIDN'T WORK OUT, IT COULD KILL THE WHOLE THING. SO, UM, SO I'M GLAD THAT IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A WAY FORWARD. OH YEAH. IT'S NOT A HOUSE OF CAR. IT'S, AND WE'LL, IF, IF THEY DECIDE TO BOW OUT, THEY SAID THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET IT FROM ANOTHER PROJECT SOURCE. OH, GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN. THANK YOU VICE MAYOR. UM, I JUST WANTED TO PIGGYBACK ON COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN'S COMMENTS AND COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS, YOU BROUGHT UP, UM, TDOT AND I 45 JUST RELATED TO SOME OF THE HYPOCRISY THAT'S HAPPENING AT HGA RIGHT NOW. UH, THERE WAS A, A REPORT THAT CAME OUT. THERE WAS A PRESENTATION BY HAC TO THE WOODLANDS BOARD, UH, ON A PROJECT THAT THEY ARE PLANNING TO EXPAND, UH, HIGHWAY ACCESS THROUGH THE WOODLANDS TO HELP ALLEVIATE TRAFFIC. AND WE KNOW THAT WITH, UM, I 45 WOODLANDS AND OTHER, UH, AREA PARTNERS ON H GAP HAVE SUPPORTED IT BECAUSE THEY WANT RELIEF FOR TRAFFIC, UM, FOR THEIR RESIDENTS COMING IN AND OUT OF HOUSTON. THE BOARD OPPOSED IS OPPOSED TO WHAT TDOT IS DOING, UH, IN THE WOODLANDS, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE ADAMANTLY SUPPORTED THROUGH HGAC, UM, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT IS HOUSTON, WE HAVE BEEN SAYING, NO, NO, NO. PLEASE STOP, PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND WE NEED TO REVISIT THIS. SO COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN AND COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU ALL DID. COUNCILMAN ROBINSON, UH, CHAIR COSTELLO, YOU HAVE HELPED ME IN SUBMITTING TESTIMONY, WALKING ME THROUGH THINGS. BUT THE HYPOCRISY CONTINUES, UH, WHAT THEY HGAC IMPOSES ON HOUSTON, THE RESOURCES THEY TAKE AWAY WHILE IMPOSING OTHER THINGS THAT WE AS A CITY FEEL ARE NOT, UM, HELPFUL OR BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY, THEY THEN OPPOSE FOR THEIR JURISDICTIONS. UH, AND THAT IS NOT OKAY. NOW, I, WE SAY WE THROW AROUND THE WORD H GAC A LOT. THE STAFF AT HGA IS GREAT. THEY WORK WITH US. UM, WE NEED THOSE RESOURCES AND IT'S IMPORTANT. BUT THE WAY THE DYNAMICS OF THE BOARD ARE WORKING IS UNACCEPTABLE RIGHT NOW. AND IT'S BILLION, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS LEFT THAT HOUSTON IS SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING. AND IMAGINE WHAT WE COULD BE DOING. ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU JUST SHOWED US, MORE IS NEEDED AND THOSE DOLLARS ARE NEEDED. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. UH, THANK YOU STEVE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. ONE THING I WOULD ADD IS THAT, UM, ON YESTERDAY, AS PART OF THE FIFTH YEAR HARVEY ANNIVERSARY WEEK, I JOINED HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE CHANCELLOR CESAR MALDONADO, UH, TO SIGN A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR THE NEW RESILIENCE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE AND THE OPERATIONS TRAINING FACILITY AT HCC BEGINNING THIS FALL, HCC WILL UPSKILL THE CITY OF HOUSTON'S WORKFORCE THROUGH SEVEN RESILIENCY COURSES. AND THE GOAL IS TO TRAIN IN THESE 500,000, UH, HOUSTONIANS IN RESILIENCY, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, EMERGENCY RESPONSE TRAINING, AND DISASTER RECOVERY. UH, THE PARTNERSHIP WILL COLLECTIVELY PAVE THE PATH FOR A STRONGER WORKFORCE COMMUNITY AND MORE RESILIENT FUTURE. SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY, PRIYA ZACHARIA AND HER TEAM, UH, FOR THE WORK ON THIS PARTNERSHIP. SO IN THIS FIVE YEARS, UM, CANNOT OVERLOOK THE RESILIENT HOUSTON PLAN, THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, UH, EVOLVE HOUSTON, WHERE THE FOCUS IS ON, ON ELECTRIC, UH, TRANSPORTATION, UM, ELECTRIFYING OUR TRANSPORTATION FLEET, BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE. AND OUR PARTNERSHIPS LIKE WITH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE A CC. SO VERY MUCH PROUD OF THAT. AND THEN LASTLY, UH, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF COMPLETE COMMUNITIES AND THE HOUSTON PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. UH, WE KICK OFF ROUND TWO OF THE MAYOR'S COMPLETE COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE WITH A LOVE HOUR PARKS FEST AT HOBART TAYLOR PARK ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 27TH, UH, FROM 10:00 AM TO ONE. AND THE PARK IS LOCATED AT 8,100 KENTON IN NORTHEAST HOUSTON. IN DISTRICT B. AND THEN ON SUNDAY, UM, WELL, WELL WE WERE GONNA HAVE THE BUN B THREE BURGERS, BUT BECAUSE OF RAIN, I THINK THAT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. UH, YEAH, WE HAD BURGERS FOR ALL OF YOU ALL. UM, I HEAR THEY'RE FABULOUS. YEAH. WELL, I TELL YOU WHAT, UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD ON AND FIX THE BURGERS AND WE'LL JUST HOLD THEM AND GIVE 'EM TO YOU WHEN THE EVENT TAKES PLACE. . ALL RIGHT, THAT ENDS MY REPORT. UH, [02:45:01] I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN EVAN SHABAZZ. COUNCILMAN SHABAZZ, COUNCIL MEMBER SHABAZZ IN THE QUEUE. YOU YOU'RE IN THE QUEUE. DID YOU ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE BUS? YEAH, I DID. OH, OKAY. 'CAUSE YOU WERE IN THE QUEUE. OKAY, BECAUSE YOU, YOU'RE DONE WITH THE YES, MA'AM. OKAY. I'M SORRY. I GOT A LITTLE DISTRACTED. LITTLE A DHD EVERY NOW AND THEN. UH, CERTAINLY MAYOR, UH, I KNOW I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING IN MY, IN MY COMMUNITY VERY QUICKLY. GOTTA HIGHLIGHT THAT AND YOU'LL POP OFF. OKAY? 'CAUSE IT'S NOT IN, IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA. SO YOU WANT ME TO WAIT AND JUST GIVE IT, THEN YOU'LL POP OFF. OKAY, I WILL DO THAT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. OKAY, LET'S TURN TO THE, UH, LET'S TURN TO THE AGENDA. [CONSENT AGENDA] ITEM FIVE IS AN ORDINANCE. HOW ARE WE DOING THIS? FIVE AND SIX. THE CONSENT NOT UNDER MISCELLANEOUS. FIVE IS AN ORDINANCE. I NEED A VOTE. AND SIX IS A MOTION ON ITEM FIVE. DISCUSSION ON ITEM FIVE. DISCUSSION ON FIVE IN FAVOR. OPPOSED GRANTED ON FIVE. ITEM SIX NEEDS A MOTION. CASTEX TATUM MOVED. SECOND. ROBINSON. BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED ON ITEM SIX. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED GRANTED UNDER THE ACCEPT WORK CATEGORY. ITEM SEVEN NEEDS A MOTION AS TA MOVE. SECOND. ROBINSON MOVED AND SECONDED ON ITEM SEVEN. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED GRANTED UNDER THE PURCHASING AND TABULATION BIDS CATEGORY ITEMS 8, 9 11 HAVE BEEN REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. NEED A MOTION FOR ITEM 10 AS SEX TATU MOVE. SECOND. ROBINSON BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND ON ITEM 10. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED GRANTED UNDER THE ORDINANCES CATEGORY. ITEM 12 HAS BEEN PULLED AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. ITEMS REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION ARE 14, 15, 16, 20, 28 THROUGH 31. THOSE NUMBERS AGAIN ARE 14 THROUGH 16. 2028 THROUGH 31. NEED A VOTE ON THE BALANCE. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR? OPPOSED GRANTED ITEMS [CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA] REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. ITEM EIGHT NEEDS A MOTION CAST. TATUM MOVED. SECOND. ROBINSON MOVED. AND SECOND. AND ON ITEM EIGHT, UH, COUNCILMAN MINOX ON ITEM EIGHT. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. ON ITEM EIGHT, THIS IS A MOTION TO AMEND, UH, CURRENT SPENDING BY $2 MILLION. IT WAS ALSO, I THINK IT WAS, UM, IT WAS ORIGINALLY PASSED IN 2018. IT WAS AMENDED BY ANOTHER MOTION IN 21. AND I'M CURIOUS, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE WE NOT ABLE TO ESTIMATE THE COSTS OF, UM, WHEN WE GET THESE CONTRACTS IN? OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE OVERSPENDING OR, OR NOT OVERSPENDING. PERHAPS THE PRICES HAVE INCREASED OR WHATEVER. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY? YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR, UM, WE, WE DID A MOTION TO INCREASE THEIR SPENDING. AND HERE AGAIN, THAT, AND THIS YEAR WE'RE GONNA DO IT AGAIN BY ANOTHER $2 MILLION. AND IT'S NUMBER ONE, IT'S COMING FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. NUMBER TWO, UM, IT'S FOR THE, UH, AMBULANCE SERVICES EMS. AND THE COSTS ARE GOING UP. SUPPLY COSTS ARE GOING UP. UM, AND THEN WE, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE SUPPLIERS ARE MADE AVAILABLE, UH, FOR, UM, WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY NEED THEM. RIGHT? SO WHEN IS THIS, WHEN IS THIS, UH, CONTRACT GOING TO EXPIRE AND WHEN WILL WE REBIDDING TO GET THESE SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT? UM, CAN YOU TELL ME WHEN THE CONTRACT EXPIRES? IT WAS LET IN 18. WE USUALLY DO IT FOR FIVE YEARS, WHICH MEANS IT WOULD BE COMING SOON, BUT I'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT THE ORIGINAL. I CAN GET THAT TO YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER. BUT YEAH, WHAT THEY'RE GIVING, SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND VOTE FOR THIS FOR THE MOMENT. 'CAUSE OUR EMS GUYS NEED THIS EQUIPMENT, UH, BUT WE NEED TO GET A HANDLE ON THESE PRICE INCREASES AND MAYBE, UH, PROGRAM THEM INTO FUTURE CONTRACTS. BUT I WOULD TELL YOU, I'M GETTING THIS FROM ALMOST EVERY DEPARTMENT I KNOW. SO I MEAN, IT'S, UM, COSTS ARE ESCALATING EVEN IN AS IT RELATES TO SOLID WASTE, POLICE CARS, YOU NAME IT. AND YOU'VE GOT, YOU'VE GOT, UM, COMPANIES LIKE FORD FOR EXAMPLE. I KNOW WE'VE, AND, AND THESE ARE CASES WHERE WE'VE ALREADY [02:50:01] MADE THE PUT IN THE ORDER. AND, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, I JUST GOT WORD FROM THEM ON SOME OF OUR VEHICLES. UH, NUMBER ONE, THEY WILL BE DELAYED DUE TO THE SUPPLY CHAIN. AND NUMBER TWO, THEY'RE CHARGING US MORE PER VEHICLE EVEN TO WHAT WE AGREED TO. AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE, YOU KNOW, ACCEPTED OR WE GOT A LONG LIST OF ORDERS FROM OTHER PEOPLE. SO I, I, I'M, I'M, I JUST THINK MAYBE WE SHOULD EVALUATE HOW WE'RE PROJECTING COST INTO THE FUTURE. I GOTCHA. I GOT, THAT'S MY ONLY COMMENT. THANK YOU. OKAY. I GOTCHA. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON EIGHT IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? GRANTED ON EIGHT ITEM NINE LEADS A MOTION. CASTEX TATUM, MOVE SECOND ROBINSON, IT MOVED. AND SECOND ON ITEM NINE. COUNCILMAN KNOX ON ITEM NINE. MAYORS, YOU KNOW, I'M OPPOSED TO THIS PROJECT. I THOUGHT YOU HAD CHANGED YOUR MIND, . NO, I'M NOT. YOU KNOW, WE, UH, IN THE CITY WE OFTEN FUND PROGRAMS FOR VARIOUS THINGS ALL OVER THE CITY, BUT WE USUALLY REQUIRE SOME SORT OF DATA-DRIVEN, UM, BACKGROUND ON THESE SUBS. AND THE DATA ON THESE KINDS OF PROGRAMS IS ABSOLUTELY ZERO. UM, THERE'S, THERE'S NO DATA ANYWHERE THAT SHOWS THAT THIS DOES ANYTHING THAT WE WANT IT TO DO. UH, FIRST OF ALL, SECOND OF ALL, UM, I, I THINK THE $530,000 THAT WE'LL BE GETTING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO DO THIS COULD BE BETTER USED ON SOME SORT OF ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN. IF OUR GOAL IS TO GET FIREARMS OUT OF THE HANDS OF PEOPLE THAT AREN'T USING THEM OR AREN'T INTERESTED OR UNFAMILIAR WITH THEM, UH, IF THAT'S THE GOAL, THEN WE NEED TO DO AN ADVERTISING PROGRAM FOR THAT 530,000 EXPLAINING PEOPLE HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY SURRENDER THEIR FIREARMS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND THAT WOULD REQUIRE THEM ALSO TO, UH, THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO DOCUMENT WHERE THOSE GUNS CAME FROM. SO WHEN THEY WERE DETERMINED TO BE STOLEN OR USED IN A CRIME, WE WOULD HAVE A CHAIN OF CUSTODY THAT WE COULD THEN USE THOSE WEAPONS AS EVIDENCE IN SOME FUTURE COURT, UH, EXPERIENCE. SO I'M GONNA BE VOTING NO ON THIS. I THINK IT'S A WASTE OF MONEY. AND ALTHOUGH I RECOGNIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, DOING ANYTHING IS BETTER THAN DOING NOTHING IN THIS CASE, IT'S A WASTE OF HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. I THINK THAT WE COULD SPEND ACTUALLY DOING SOME DATA-DRIVEN PROGRAMS THAT WOULD ACTUALLY WORK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, AND, AND WE ARE MEASURING IT, BUT JUST BEAR IN MIND, THIS IS ONE OF MANY INITIATIVES IN ONE SAFE HOUSTON. UM, IT'S A $53 MILLION INITIATIVE TO ENHANCE SAFETY FOR OUR CITY. IF YOU TAKE EVERY INDIVIDUAL COMPONENT, THERE WERE SOME WHO WOULD ARGUE THAT MAY HAVE PUTTING MORE MONEY ON POLICE. UH, IT'S NOT GOING TO SOLVE CRIME BECAUSE, UH, WE'VE ALREADY ADDED $10.7 MILLION IN OVERTIME ON TOP OF THE POLICE BUDGET. NO, LET ME BACK UP. LET ME BACK UP. IT'S MORE THAN THAT. 'CAUSE I APPROVED ANOTHER THREE TO 5 MILLION. SO WE ARE SPENDING ABOUT $15 MILLION JUST ON OVERTIME FOR POLICE. OKAY? THEN WE'VE GOT MONEY FOR TECHNOLOGY. P SOME PEOPLE WOULD ARGUE, YOU KNOW, SHOT SPOT AND ALL THAT DOESN'T WORK. IF YOU LOOK AT IT INDIVIDUALLY, WE'RE PUTTING $1 MILLION ON REENTRY. SOME MIGHT ARGUE, WELL THAT DOESN'T WORK, BUT OUR RECIDIVISM RATE, IT'S BETTER THAN THE STATES. SOME WOULD ARGUE PUTTING MONEY ON COMMUNITY INITIATIVES LIKE, UH, COMMUNITY MESSENGERS, UH, UM, AND INFLUENCERS. THAT THAT DOESN'T WORK. OKAY. UM, BUT WE DO NEED COMMUNITY PEOPLE OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, EDUCATING AND INFORMING PEOPLE THAT THERE ARE OTHER WAYS. AND THEN THERE ARE SOME WOULD ARGUE THAT THE 29 MILLION THAT WE'RE SPENDING ON CRISIS INTERVENTION, MENTAL, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, THAT THAT DOESN'T WORK. UM, I WOULD BEG TO DIFFER. AND THEN LASTLY, SOME WOULD ARGUE THAT SPENDING $10 MILLION ON DOMESTIC ABUSE RESPONSE DOESN'T WORK. AND I WOULD BEG TO DIFFER. YOU HAVE TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER. AND THEN WHAT I CAN TELL YOU BASED ON THE DATA AND THE NUMBERS, EVEN AS OF THIS MORNING, BECAUSE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, REMEMBER WE SAID WE WERE 65, 70% ABOVE ON HOMICIDES. WELL, BASED ON THE NUMBERS THIS MORNING, WE ARE 1% BELOW. OKAY? WE ARE NOT ABOVE LAST YEAR. AND ON ALMOST EVERY MAJOR CATEGORY OF VIOLENT CRIME, WE ARE BELOW WHERE WE WERE A YEAR AGO. SO, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR OWN INDIVIDUAL AREAS, I THINK YOU MIGHT FIND WE ARE, BUT ALONE. SO IT'S NOT, IT'S ALMOST LIKE BAKING A CAKE. YOU KNOW, IF YOU TAKE, UH, UH, THE EGGS OUT AND ALL OF THOSE OTHER COMPONENTS, YEAH, YOU CAN STILL HAVE A CAKE, BUT WHO GOING TO EAT IT? YOU KNOW? AND SO I I I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM, CUSTOMER MONO, I DO UNDERSTAND INDIVIDUALLY, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THERE IS VALUE IN REMOVING 850 GUNS OFF THE, FROM THE STREET [02:55:01] IN A VOLUNTARY RELINQUISHMENT PROGRAM. I WILL TELL YOU THAT THERE IS VALUE IN IT. SO I HEAR YOU. I I, I, I EXPECTED THE COMMENTS. YOU AND I HAVE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND I, AND I RESPECT, I RESPECT YOUR VIEW. COUNCIL MEMBER, COOPER MAYOR, THE, UH, DISTRICT ATTORNEY OPPOSES THIS, UH, SHE BASICALLY CALLS IT GUN GUN LAUNDERING. AND, UH, IT OBSTRUCTS HER STAFF FROM BEING ABLE TO PROSECUTE IN MURDER CASES OR IN VIOLENT CASES. IF, IF ONE OF THESE GUNS TURNS OUT TO HAVE BEEN USED IN A CRIME, WE HAVE NO CHAIN OF CUSTODY BACK TO THAT INDIVIDUAL. UH, YOU SAID LAST TIME WE HAD THIS COME UP THAT, YOU KNOW, SHE SHOULD HAVE SENT THE LETTER SOONER. WELL, SHE, SHE, SHE DID SEND IT. AND, AND SO NOW WE'RE DOING IT AGAIN AFTER SHE SENT THE LETTER, AND WE HAVE, SHE'S PUT US ON NOTICE. SO I, I CANNOT SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL, HEARING, UH, COUNCILOR MINOX AND HIS STATEMENTS, AND THEN AS HE ENDED UP, HE SAID, WELL, MAYBE THE IDEA IS DOING SOMETHING'S BETTER THAN NOTHING. WELL, IN THIS CASE, DOING NOTHING IS BETTER BECAUSE WE'RE NOT LAUNDERING GUNS AND WE'RE NOT, UH, THWARTING THE PROSECUTORS FROM BEING ABLE TO, UH, UH, TRY CASES. IF ANY OF THESE GUNS HAPPEN TO TURN OUT TO BE USED IN A VIOLENT CRIME, I, I WOULD HOPE YOU'D RETHINK THIS. ONE INDIVIDUAL, UH, BENEFITED ABOUT $10,000 FROM THIS PROGRAM BY PRINTING UP GUNS, UH, ON, ON A COMPUTER AND BRINGING THEM TO US. I KNOW THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN, BUT THERE'S LOOPHOLES IN THIS. AND I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD THING. I'LL BE VOTING. NO THANK YOU. I'LL ALLOW THE DA TO SPEAK FOR HERSELF, BUT HER VIEW IS NOT THE ONE THAT IS AGREED TO BY OTHER DAS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. I WOULD ALSO ALLOW THE DA TO SPEAK FOR HERSELF, BUT THEN SHE'S DIFFERING WITH THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ITS LEADERSHIP SO SHE CAN SPEAK FOR HERSELF. I RESPECT HER VIEW. UH, BUT I AM STANDING WITH HPD, THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE OUT THERE ON THE STREETS, SACRIFICING THEIR LIVES EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND IF THEY THINK THIS PROGRAM IS WORTHWHILE, THEN THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING TO BE. AND I ALLOW THE DA TO TAKE ODD WITH HPD, OKAY? AND TELL PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE ON THE STREETS, SACRIFICING THEIR LIVES, STAND UP AND SAY, NO, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE. SO WITH ALL DUE RESPECTS TO THE DA, SHE WAS SITTING AT THE TABLE AND SHE WAS MOM, SHE WAS PART OF THIS PROGRAM. I MEAN, SHE SAT IN ON MEETINGS AND IT WAS SILENT. ALRIGHT, COUNCILMAN PECK. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE I SHARE, UM, YOUR GOAL OF GETTING GUNS OUT OF THE HANDS OF CRIMINALS. I JUST DON'T KNOW IF THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM FULFILLS THAT GOAL COMPLETELY. UM, BUT I DID THINK ABOUT THIS AND, UM, JUST THE COMMENTS FROM THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY. I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM ON THAT, BUT I'M DEFERRING TO HER WHEN, UM, SHE LAID OUT HER CONCERNS WITH IT. BUT MAYOR, I DO WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR THE REST OF THE ONE SAFE HOUSTON PLAN, UM, AND HAVE DEFENDED IT TO CONSTITUENTS WHO HAVE BEEN CRITICAL OF IT. I THINK THAT THE PROGRAM AND THE PLAN THAT YOU'VE PUT IN PLACE HAS BEEN GREAT. WE'VE SEEN THAT IN DISTRICT A, THE OVERTIME, THE TECHNOLOGY. UM, I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT THAT PROGRAM AS A WHOLE HAS BEEN REALLY, REALLY SUCCESSFUL. AND, UM, I WOULD JUST RATHER SEE THIS MONEY GO INTO MORE TECHNOLOGY AND THAT KIND OF THING. BUT THE OVERALL PROGRAM, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE, UM, THAT PLAN THAT YOU'VE PUT IN PLACE. THANK YOU. WELL, I'M GOING TO DEFER TO, TO THE LEADERSHIP OF HPD WHO, WHO PRETTY MUCH PUT THIS PROGRAM TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, WE SAY WE STAND BY THE POLICE AND ITS LEADERSHIP. MM. I JUST FIND IT INTERESTING. UH, COUNCILMAN HUFFMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO WITH THE 539,000, HOW MANY, UH, BUYBACKS WILL WE, WILL THIS GO TOWARDS MORE THAN ONE OR, I'VE ALLOCATED $1 MILLION TO THE BUYBACK PROGRAM. UM, THE INITIAL ONE THAT WE HAD, WE PUT, WE, UM, DISTRIBUTED ABOUT $100,000. SO IT'S ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PER, PER INITIATIVE. OKAY. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND, UH, FIRST OFF, I, I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND COUNSEL. UM, THE ONE BUYBACK WE DID. UH, THE BBC ACTUALLY JUST COVERED IT ON INTERNATIONAL NEWS YESTERDAY. UM, AND I THINK THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING AROUND GUN VIOLENCE, GUN SAFETY, UH, IS IMPORTANT. UH, I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S OTHER DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAVE REQUESTED SPECIFICALLY THIS PROGRAM IN THEIR DISTRICTS. AND IT'S OUR JOB TO MAKE [03:00:01] SURE THAT THOSE THAT ARE ASKING FOR IT IN OUR COMMUNITIES ARE ABLE TO ACCESS IT. UM, EVEN IF IT TAKES A LITTLE INCENTIVE FOR THEM TO VOLUNTARILY, UH, TURN IN THEIR GUNS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO SAFELY DO SO, THEY DON'T WANT IT GOING TO A SECONDHAND SHOP, AND THEY MAY NEED THE MONEY. UM, AS IT RELATES TO, I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE, AS THE MAYOR SAID, UM, HPD CAME BEFORE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE TWICE, UH, DISCUSSING WHAT THEY BELIEVE IS THE APPROPRIATE COURSE OF ACTION WITH THIS, THE SAFEGUARDS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE, UM, THE VETTING THAT THEY DO, THE SCANNING THAT THEY DO, THE EVIDENCE, UH, PROCEDURES THAT THEY ARE DOING WITH EVERY SINGLE GUN, RUNNING IT THROUGH NY IBUS, RUNNING IT THROUGH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT MEASURES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A TF. UH, AND THIS IS NOTHING NEW, RIGHT? BUT WE SAW THE LINES, WE SAW THE DEMAND, AND THE FACT THAT DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE ASKING FOR THIS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES BECAUSE THEIR RESIDENTS ARE ASKING FOR IT. I THINK THAT SHOWS A WILLINGNESS ON THE PART OF THE COMMUNITY TO DO THEIR PART. AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE ASKING OF RESIDENTS TO DO THEIR PART. AND WHETHER YOU WANT TO TURN IN YOUR GUN BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT IT ANYMORE, WHETHER YOU WANT TO STORE IT SAFELY AND LEARN HOW TO AND MAY, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT COMPONENT WITH HPD AS WELL THROUGH LOCK IT UP SAFE. UM, THIS IS IMPORTANT. AND I, I'M NOT GONNA GET INTO, UH, THE DA'S COMMENTS. I WILL SAY I'M EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED THAT PROSECUTORS COULD NOT EVEN GET A GRAND JURY, UM, TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, ON THE DEATH OF A 9-YEAR-OLD GIRL, UM, MS. ALVAREZ, WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY SOMEBODY SHOOTING INTO A CAR THAT THEY THOUGHT WAS A ROBBER. UH, AND THEY COULD NOT EVEN GET AN INDICTMENT ON THAT. SO I THINK THERE'S MORE TO DO. WE NEED TO BE HAVING SERIOUS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE USE GUNS IN A SAFE MANNER. UH, BUT I'M GONNA DEFER TO COUNCIL MEMBERS AND YOU MAYOR, WHO HAVE ASKED FOR THESE PROGRAMS IN THEIR DISTRICTS. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN POLLARD. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND GOOD MORNING TO EVERYONE. UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU FIRST BROUGHT OUT THIS PROGRAM, EVEN I WAS A LITTLE SKEPTICAL, ARE PEOPLE EVEN GOING TO PARTICIPATE? UM, BUT WE SAW THOSE LONG LINES OF PEOPLE AND EVEN EXTENDED THE HOURS TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO DO THIS. I THINK AS YOU MENTIONED, UM, THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM, JUST ONE TOOL IN THE ENTIRE TOOLBOX. AND THE WAY I THINK WE SHOULD APPROACH IT IS WITH A OR MINDSET. NOT A, AND WELL, NOT A, YOU KNOW, OR BACK UP. IT'S A AND NOT A OR. SO EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO TO OUR CIVIC CLUBS, OUR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS AND SAY, WE'RE DOING THIS AND THIS AND THIS AND THIS AND THIS NOT, OR, WE'RE GONNA TRY THIS OR WE'LL TRY THAT. SO ONE THING MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SOLVE CRIMES, BUT IF WE ADD EVERYTHING UP TOGETHER, THEN IT SHOULD GET US BANGED FOR OUR BUCK. SO THAT'S THE WAY I THINK WE SHOULD APPROACH IT. PUBLIC SAFETY IS OUR NUMBER ONE CONCERN. WE'RE ALL TRYING TO FIND WAYS IN WHICH TO REDUCE CRIME IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, IN OUR COMMUNITIES. THE MAYOR STATED THAT BASED ON THE STATS THAT ARE COMING IN YEAR TO DATE, WE'RE, WE'RE BELOW WHERE WE, WE WERE LAST YEAR. SO LET'S JUST KEEP THE BALL MOVING DOWN THE FIELD, RIGHT? AND KEEP THINKING OF MORE CREATIVE WAYS THAT WE CAN ADD MORE ANDS TO OUR, TO OUR STRATEGY. AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN MACOY. JUST REAL QUICK, UM, BACK ON WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN HAD BROUGHT UP ABOUT, UM, WHAT THIS 539,000 WILL DO. IF YOU SPENT A HUNDRED THOUSAND BASICALLY AND GOT 845 GUNS, IT'S ROUGHLY 120 BUCKS A GUN. SO THAT'S ANOTHER 4,500 GUNS OFF THE STREETS. THAT'S A BIG NUMBER. ALMOST MATCHES THE NUMBER OF GUNS THAT ARE STOLEN OUTTA CARS, RIGHT? COUNCIL MEMBER ASH MAYOR, UH, SHERIFF GONZALEZ SAID THAT SINCE HE PUT OVERTIME INTO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CRIME, HE BELIEVES THAT THERE'S BEEN A REDUCTION OF CRIME BECAUSE OF THAT. SO I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF YOU PUTTING THIS $539,000 INTO MORE POLICE OFFICERS WHERE WE KNOW THAT WE COULD GET A GOOD RESULT. THANK YOU. MEMBER KUBA SHALL HAVE ALREADY GIVEN THEM IN OVERTIME NOW 15 MILLION JUST THIS YEAR. GIVE THEM MORE JUST, WELL, YOU CAN SAY GIVE THEM MORE. GIVE. OKAY, . ALRIGHT. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KNOX KNOX. THANK YOU, MAYOR, REGARDING YOUR CAKE ANALOGY. DATA SHOWS THAT WHEN YOU ADD THOSE VARIOUS INGREDIENTS TOGETHER, YOU WILL PRODUCE A CAKE. THE [03:05:01] DATA DOES NOT SHOW THAT THIS IN COMBINATION WITH ANYTHING ELSE HAS ANY EFFECT WHATSOEVER. THAT'S POINT NUMBER ONE. SECOND THING IS, WE RECOVERED WHAT, 845 GUNS, SIR, IN ONE DAY? YES SIR. YES SIR. I PROMISE YOU, IF WE PULLED GUN STORES IN THE, IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, WE WOULD'VE SOLD MORE THAN THAT AMOUNT IN THAT SAME PERIOD OF TIME TO SOME NEW PERSON WHO'S PURCHASING A NEW GUN. SO, UH, THIS IS A, AN EXERCISE AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, AND, AND PR IT'S A POLITICAL, UH, RELATIONS SORT OF THING. AND IT'S DESIGNED TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL GOOD. I'D RATHER SPEND THE MONEY, UH, MAYBE DOING A SAFE PLACE TO STORE GUNS THAT MIGHT BE ACTUALLY EFFECTIVE FOR PEOPLE TO, TO KEEP THEIR GUNS SAFE OR, OR DOING SOME KIND OF ADVERTISING PROGRAMS TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ON HOW TO SAFELY SURRENDER THEIR WEAPONS, UH, IN A SECURE ENVIRONMENT SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEM ANYMORE. I MEAN, THERE'S A HALF A DOZEN OTHER THINGS THAT WE COULD PROBABLY THINK OF TO SPEND THIS PARTICULAR AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT COULD ADD TO THE INGREDIENT OF THE CAKE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BAKE, WHICH IS A SAFER, MORE SECURE HOUSTON. THIS IS AN INGREDIENT THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY FUNCTION IN THE CAKE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BAKE. SO, AGAIN, I'LL, I'LL BE VOTING THOUGH. COUNCILMAN POLLARD. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, JUST A COUPLE COMMENTS. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KOBAS MENTIONED PUTTING ADDITIONAL MONEY TOWARDS MORE POLICE OFFICERS. THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH THESE OFFICERS CAN DO. WE'RE ALREADY PAYING THEM OVERTIME AFTER OVERTIME, AFTER OVERTIME. THESE ARE HUMAN BEINGS. I MEAN, THEY HAVE LIVES AND FAMILIES AND THINGS TO DO AS WELL. SO WE HAVE TO BE CREATIVE IN OUR APPROACH. AND I JUST ALWAYS SAY, PUT MORE POLICE OFFICERS OUT THERE 'CAUSE WE'RE NOT GETTING MORE CADET CLASSES. WE'RE USING THE, THE, THE RANK AND FILE THAT'S ALREADY THERE AND THEY'RE ALREADY WORKING OVERTIME. SO WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF THEIR WELLBEING AND THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AS WELL. AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE GUNS THAT, UM, WE'RE THAT ARE COMING BACK THROUGH THIS BUYBACK PROGRAM, WE'RE PUTTING OUT AN INCENTIVE. AND A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE ARE INCENTIVE BASED. THAT'S JUST THE NATURE OF SOCIETY. YOU GIVE 'EM INCENTIVE AND PEOPLE ACT TO IT. AND SO BASED ON THIS INCENTIVE, PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO BRING BACK GUNS THAT ARE NO LONGER IN THEIR HOMES, NO LONGER AROUND THEIR, THEIR KIDS. THAT NOT ONLY DO THEY GET SOMETHING FOR IT, BUT THEN THERE'S ONE LESS GUN ON THE STREET BECAUSE AS YOU SAID, COUNCIL MEMBER KNOX, THERE ARE PEOPLE BUYING GUNS EVERY SINGLE DAY FROM THE GUN STORES THAT THIS WOULD JUST ADD TO IT IF THESE GUNS STILL WERE IN THE HOMES. PLUS YOU GET THE GUNS THAT ARE BEING BOUGHT AT THE STORES, STILL A REDUCTION. WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT FROM THE, FOR THIS PROGRAM, PEOPLE MAY NOT HAVE DONE IT BASED ON, I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP LOOKING AT IT FROM A, UH, A BIG PERSPECTIVE. UM, AND NOT TRY TO DIVE DOWN INTO EVERY SINGLE SMALL DETAIL. BUT IF WE'RE ABLE TO SHOW THAT THE CRIME IS BEING REDUCED, THEN WE SHOULD JUST STAY FOCUSED ON THAT STRATEGY AND THAT, AND THEN WHAT I WOULD SAY TO YOU FROM 8:00 AM UP UNTIL 6:37 PM THE LINE WAS TWO MILES LONG. I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT. THIS IS A VOLUNTARY RELINQUISHMENT PROGRAM. THESE ARE PEOPLE IN OUR CITY WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN A VOLUNTARY RELINQUISHMENT PROGRAM. AND FROM 8:00 AM ALL THE WAY UP TO 7:00 PM THE LINE WAS TWO MILES LONG UNTIL WE CUT IT OFF AND GAVE 150 CARS VOUCHERS FOR THE NEXT PROGRAM. NOW, THERE'S NOTHING THAT THE CITY CAN DO AS IT RELATES TO GUNS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN PREEMPTED BY THE STATE. EXCEPT WE CAN DO THIS GUN BUYBACK PROGRAM. OKAY? WE CAN'T CHANGE HOUSE BILL 1927 THAT SAYS PEOPLE CAN NO TRAINING, NO LICENSE THEY CAN CARRY, OKAY. OR THE STATE CREATING AN ATMOSPHERE WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BECOME OBSESSED WITH THEIR GUNS. WE ARE ON THE FRONT LINE AND EVERYTHING FLOWS DOWN. WE ARE ON THE FRONT LINE. WE'VE GOT TOO MANY, LIKE YESTERDAY IN ONE DAY, DOMESTIC SITUATIONS, PEOPLE IN RELATIONSHIPS WITH GUNS SHOOTING AND KILLING FOLK, DOMESTIC SITUATION. THESE ARE GUNS IN THEIR POSSESSION, IN THEIR, IN THEIR HOMES. DOMESTIC ABUSE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DOMESTIC KILLING IS ALMOST LIKE EVERY [03:10:01] DAY. AND IT'S DISHEARTENING. SO WE HAVE TO BRING ATTENTION YES TO THE SITUATION. SO THERE'S NO MAGIC BULLET. I'M NOT CLAIMING A MAGIC BULLET, OKAY? BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT WE ARE UTILIZING EVERYTHING IN OUR, UH, POWER IN OUR TOOLKIT TO DRIVE CRIME DOWN AND CREATE A PUBLIC, UH, A UH, A SAFE COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S MY VIEW. COUNCIL MEMBER KAMAN LAST WORD AND THEN WE'LL VOTE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I ALSO JUST WANTED TO REDIRECT THE CONVERSATION BECAUSE, UM, BUYBACK PROGRAMS DO NOT NECESSARILY ADDRESS VIOLENT CRIME. WHAT THEY ADDRESS IS UNWANTED GUNS IN HOMES ABOUT THREE IN FOUR CHILDREN, AGES FIVE THROUGH 14 WITH GUN OWNING. PARENTS KNOW WHERE FIREARMS ARE STORED AND MORE THAN ONE IN FIVE HAVE HANDLED A GUN IN THE HOME WITHOUT THE PARENTS' KNOWLEDGE. AND IN THE PAST 10 YEARS, 40% OF THE SUICIDES COMMITTED BY CHILDREN AND TEENS INVOLVED GUN. NINE OUT OF 10 OF THOSE SUICIDES WERE WITH GUNS THAT THE VICTIMS ACCESS AT THEIR OWN HOMES OR IN A RELATIVE'S HOME. SO AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SAFE STORAGE, BUT WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT FAMILIES WHO MAY NOT WANT THAT FIREARM IN THE HOME ANYMORE. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND AGAIN, I GO BACK TO THE DEMAND MAYOR THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT. 'CAUSE I WAS OUT THERE, I SPOKE WITH THOSE RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO THE DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WANT THESE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU. OKAY, READY TO VOTE IN FAVOR? OPPOSED NO SHOW COUNCIL MEMBER KNOX SHOW COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN KUBOSH IMPACT VOTING OVER. ITEM PASSES. NEXT ITEM. ITEM 11 NEEDS A MOTION. WE ITEM 11, DISCUSSION ON 11. MOVE COUNSEL TAYLOR, MOVE MOVED. AND SECOND. SECOND ROBINSON. DISCUSSION ON 11. DISCUSSION ON 11 IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 11. ITEM 14, ISN'T ORDINANCE JUST NEED A VOTE? WELL, ITEM 14, DISCUSSION ON 14. COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. OH, DISCUSSION ON 14. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? GRANTED. COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS ON 14. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COLLEAGUES. I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT AND I'LL SHARE MORE DETAILS, UH, DURING POP-OFF. BUT, UH, THIS ITEM ALSO INCLUDED CLOSE TO $200,000 OF COUNCIL DISTRICT SERVICE FUNDS TO PROVIDE, UH, NEEDED EQUIPMENT AND FACILITY UPGRADES TO EACH STATION IN DISTRICT F. I'LL TALK AGAIN, I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT IT, BUT I WANNA THANK YOU FOR, UM, YOUR SUPPORT OF THE ITEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT ITEM, ITEM 15 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 15. COUNCILMAN MCCAMMON ON 15. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, IN ADDITION TO ITEM 14, WHICH NOT ONLY, UM, IS DISTRICT FUNDS BEING UTILIZED BY SOME OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT WE VOTED ON, UH, IMPORTANT BUNKER GEAR AND EMERGENCY LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT. ITEM 15 RELATES TO ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UH, GRANT ASSISTANCE FOR ETHAN, UH, WHICH IS OUR REMOTE EMS, UH, ACCESS THAT HFD CAN USE ON CERTAIN CALLS. AND I WANTED TO DRAW ATTENTION TO IT BECAUSE, UM, TO DATE IT'S ESTIMATED THAT OVERALL HEALTHCARE SAVINGS BY PROGRAM COST OF VOTE AVOIDANCE UTILIZING ETHAN IS OVER $41 MILLION. AND SINCE UH, WE STARTED THAT PROGRAM, IT HAS SERVED OVER 30,000 CLIENTS. UH, SO THE COST SAVINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING, NOT JUST TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON, BUT AGAIN, IF YOU TAKE THAT AMBULANCE RIDE AND DON'T NEED IT, RESIDENTS STILL HAS TO FOOT THAT BILL. UM, AND IF THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT THEN THE CITY DOES. UH, SO THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT TOOL THAT WE HAVE, JUST LIKE WE'RE DOING REMOTE HEALTHCARE ACCESS WHEN HPD MAY BE RESPONDING, OR, UH, ALTERNATIVE CARE MAY BE RESPONDING. EMS ALSO NOW HAS THIS TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY'RE UTILIZING. BUT MAYOR, UM, I NOTICED THAT IN FY 21, UH, WE HAD 2200 RESIDENTS, UH, THAT WERE PROVIDED, UH, THE USE OF ETHAN. AND I'M POSING THE QUESTION, I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THIS ITEM, THE COST SAVINGS, THE TECHNOLOGY, UM, HOW DO WE INCREASE THE USE OF ETHAN, UH, IN EMS CALLS WHEN THAT COULD BE APPROPRIATE. SO I JUST POSED THAT QUESTION BECAUSE WE CAN BE UTILIZING IT MORE, UH, AND AGAIN, COST SAVINGS TO RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO TO THE CITY, UH, AND LESS STRAIN ON OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. UH, BUT I'D APPRECIATE A CONVERSATION ON THAT AT SOME POINT OF HOW WE [03:15:01] INCREASE THAT PARTICIPATION EVEN MORE. SURE. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 15 IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 15? ITEM 16 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE. WELL, ITEM 16, ROBINSON. COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON ON 16. MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO QUICK FOLLOW UP ON, UH, CHIEF COSTELLO'S REPORT FOR ITEM 16 AND 20 THAT WE'LL DISCUSS AHEAD, AS WELL AS 17 AND 19 THAT WE'VE ALREADY PASSED. THOSE HAVE BEEN THOROUGHLY VETTED, UH, IN THE TTI ENVIRONMENT. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AMAZING. ALL THE HARD WORK FOR PUBLIC WORKS, UM, AND CONSOLIDATING THESE PROJECTS, MODELING THE HYDRAULICS, UH, ON INDIVIDUAL BA THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER, BRAISE BUFFALO. UM, THE LIST GOES ON AND ON FOR US WITH, UH, BAYOU CITY. AND THIS IS, IT'S A REAL SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN SCOPE WHERE WE USED TO REALLY STUDY THE SEWER IMPROVEMENTS IN ISOLATION. BUT AS YOU'VE SEEN RECENTLY WITH PROJECTS FOCUSED ON DRAINAGE AND RETENTION IN PARKS AND A FULL COMPREHENSIVE WAY AND APPROACH TO FLOOD MITIGATION, THIS IS A GREAT SET OF PROJECTS. SO THANKS FOR ALL THE SUPPORT. THANK, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 16? DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OPPOSED? GRANT? ITEM 20 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 20. DISCUSSION ON 20. DISCUSSION ON 20. ON 20 IN FAVOR OPPOSED GRANITE. ITEM 28 IS AN ORDER. JUST NEED TO VOTE ON ITEM 28. DISCUSSION ON 28. ON 28 IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 28. ITEM 29 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 29. DISCUSSION ON 29. ON 29 IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? GRAND ON 29. ITEM 30 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 30. DISCUSSION ON 30. DISCUSSION ON 30 IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 30. ITEM 31 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE. WE ON ITEM 31, DISCUSSION ON 31. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF POST GRAND ON 31. ITEM 33 IS AN [MATTERS HELD] ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 33. UH, COUNCILMAN KNOX ON 33. UH, MAYOR, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE PRINCIPAL, UH, OWNERS OF THE COMPANY THAT'S PROPOSING TO DO THIS PROJECT. I BELIEVE THEY'RE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE. COULD I GET THEM TO COME FORWARD AND ASK A FEW QUESTIONS? NO, THEY'RE NOT HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KNOX. OH, IN ? YEAH. I THINK WE CAN DISCUSS THIS AMONGST OURSELVES. OKAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. BUT I THANK YOU. I DO WANNA MAKE SOME, UH, AND I MEANT TO MAKE SOME OPENING COMMENTS ON 39, ON 33 33. LET ME SAY ON 33, UH, RESPECT TO ALL THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE LAST WEEK. UH, I HEARD YOU. OKAY, SO LET, LEMME LEMME JUST SAY THAT I THOUGHT IT WAS A PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION. UH, AND I, I SHARE WITH YOU ALL THE CRITICISMS THAT WERE MADE, SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. I DID NOT DISAGREE WITH THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE. UM, THE WAY CLEMY MANOR HAS BEEN MANAGED AND MANAGE AND HANDLE HAS BEEN HORRIFIC. AND NO, NO TENANT SHOULD BE LIVING IN SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS. SO LET ME, LET ME, I JUST WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. UM, THE CONVERSATION THAT WAS HAD LAST WEEK, THE CRITICISMS ALL VALID, ALL VALID. AND THIS ADMINISTRATION DOES NOT DISAGREE WITH THOSE COMMENTS. AND IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT THERE ARE STILL, UH, APARTMENT COMPLEXES WITH OWNERS AND MANAGERS THAT NOT DOING WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING. SO, UH, WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE AS IT RELATES TO THIS PARTICULAR ITEM ON THE AGENDA. UH, YEAH, WE KNOW THAT THE TENANT'S BILL OF RIGHTS HAS BEEN ADDED ON THE COUNTY. AND LEMME JUST SAY THAT BECAUSE THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE CITY. WHAT'S IN THE COUNTY'S DOCUMENT ALSO APPLIES TO THE CITY. SO IF AS THE DEFAULT ON THE TENANT'S RIGHTS THAT THE COUNTY ADDED, IT WOULD BE, IT APPLIES TO US AS WELL. OKAY? BECAUSE IT, THIS IS A COLLABORATION, UH, BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. BUT IN ADDITION, BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, AND I WANT TO GIVE CREDIT TO [03:20:01] VICE MAYOR PRO TEM, UM, BECAUSE SHE DID TEXT ME SOME SUGGESTIONS IN TERMS OF WORKING OUT AN AGREEMENT WITH THE OWNER OF, UH, CLEMY, UH, MANOR APARTMENTS. I DO UNDERSTAND THAT A FEW YEARS AGO, I THINK CONSTABLE JACKSON, THAT WAS AN MOU THAT WAS, THAT WAS, UM, UM, I GUESS AGREED TO SIGN, UH, BETWEEN MAYBE YOURSELF AND SOME COMMUNITY PEOPLE AND THE MANAGEMENT OF CU MANOR, UH, THE OWNER OF THE MANAGER OF CU MANOR THAT THEY DID NOT LIVE UP TO. UH, AND WHEN VICE MAYOR PRO TEM SENT ME SOME SUGGESTIONS ON WORKING OUT A, NOT AN MOU, BUT ESSENTIALLY A CONTRACT, AN AGREEMENT, UM, WHAT WE DECIDED IS TO IS TO DO THAT, TO ADOPT WHAT VICE MAYOR PRO TEM HIM SENT, AND TO HAVE THE CITY AS THE PRIMARY PART PARTY, WHICH MEANS THAT IT'S AN AGREEMENT, UH, NOT WITH COMMUNITY GROUP, BUT IT'S AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY THAT THE CITY CAN ENFORCE, CAN ENFORCE. AND I THINK WE, YOU'VE BEEN SENT A COPY OF THAT AGREEMENT AND IT'S BEEN PASSED OUT AND IT'S BEEN PASSED OUT, BUT IT INCORPORATES ALL OF WHAT VICE MAYOR PRO TEM SUGGESTED THAT, UH, A THIRD PARTY INSPECT A GROUP WOULD BE UTILIZED TO GO AND INSPECT CLEMY MANOR, UH, TO, UH, DETERMINE, UH, ALL OF THE DEFICIENCIES AT CLEMY MANOR THAT A TIME CERTAIN WOULD BE GIVEN FOR THEM TO MAKE THE REPAIRS. UM, I THINK IT'S LIKE 90 DAYS, UH, IN THE AGREEMENT, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, UH, THAT THE COMPLETED PCA FOUR FIVE MUST BE PROVIDED TO THE, UH, HOUSTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT DONATED THAT OCTOBER THE 15TH, AND THAT THE BORROWER AND THE OWNER WILL BE RESPONSIBLE TO CORRECT ANY DEFICIENCIES OUTLINED WITHIN THE PCA REPORT TO THE CITY SATISFACTION WITHIN 90 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THE PCA REPORT. AND A FAILURE TO ABIDE BY THE TERMS OF THIS LETTER AGREEMENT TO INCLUDE A FAILURE TO CORRECT ANY DEFICIENCIES IDENTIFIED IN THE PCA REPORT NO LATER THAN THE REPAIR DEADLINE WILL BE CONSIDERED AN EVENT OF DEFAULT. AND UNDER THOSE CONDITIONS, UH, THEY, UH, ARE SUBJECT TO THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY TO BE PULLED, AND THEY HAVE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF RELOCATING ALL OF THE EXISTING TENANTS AT THEIR COST. THIS IS A DOCUMENT THAT WHERE THE CITY IS THE PART, IS THE, IS THE PRIMARY, UH, PARTY, AND IS THIS AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE OWNER AND THE CITY, UM, AND AN ENFORCEABLE AGREEMENT, AND THE DOC AND THE AGREEMENT HAS ALREADY BEEN SIGNED. WHAT DOES THIS DO AS WE MOVE, IF TO THE EXTENT YOU DECIDE TO VOTE FOR THIS ITEM, WE ARE, WE WILL BE ADDRESSING THE CONCERNS OF THE EXISTING TENANTS AT CLEMAN MATTER. OKAY? WE MOVE FORWARD ON THAT. NOW, THAT GOES FORWARD NOW AT THE SAME TIME, AT THE SAME, ALONG WITH THE TENANT'S BILL OF RIGHTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE, IN THE AGREEMENT, UH, THAT THE COUNTY HAS PUT IN, WHICH BECOMES PART OF OUR WORK. UM, UM, IT BECOMES A PART OF THE OVERALL DEAL OF, OF MAGNIFICA. AND THEN AT THE SAME TIME, IT ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY, OR THE COUNTY HAS ALREADY APPROVED $10 MILLION ON THIS PROJECT. WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE 18 MILLION ON OUR END AND BUILD THESE 149 UNITS, WHICH ARE NEEDED, UH, BY THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING ON OUR STREETS TODAY. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THE MAIN PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE WITH HOUSING THE HOMELESS IS THE LACK OF UNITS. SO, UH, AND ALSO I WANT TO THANK, UH, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL HAS PRO TIM AND OTHERS WHO PROVIDED COMMENTS AND THOUGHTS. UH, BUT I JUST WANT TO, I JUST WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR. SO NOBODY IN THE GENERAL UNIVERSE THINKS THAT THERE'S ANY DISAGREEMENT WITH THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, AND THIS ADMINISTRATION, WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE. OKAY? WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE ON THIS. UH, AND, AND THE ONLY ISSUE THAT I THINK ALL OF US HAVE TRIED TO GRAPPLE WITH IS WHEN YOU HAVE DOLLARS THAT'S BEEN AUTHORIZED BY GLO 18 MILLION SPEC DEDICATED TO THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPER AND THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT FOR THE HOMELESS, HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU WORK WITH THAT? AND IT SO HAPPENS WHEN THE SAME OWNER IS THE DEVELOPER ON [03:25:01] THIS PROJECT, UH, I THINK THIS AGREEMENT DOES DO THAT. AND, UM, AND WE, UH, PUT IT FORTH BEFORE YOU, AND I WOULD ASK THAT YOU BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS ITEM AND, AND, AND, UH, AND THIS, UM, MOVE FORWARD AND PASS IT. COUNCILMAN PLUMMER. THANK YOU, MAYOR TURNER. AND WHILE I APPLAUD THE ATTEMPT TO MAKE THE, MAKE IT RIGHT WITH CLEM MANOR, UM, I DON'T SEE THIS PROTECTIONS GOING FAR ENOUGH. UM, I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUTURE PROJECT, THE ONE THAT'S, THAT THAT'S, UM, UP TO VOTE TODAY. UM, A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, I SENT THE ADMINISTRATION AND MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES A COPY OF TENANT PROTECTIONS THAT SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED. MUCH OF WHAT IS IN THIS DOCUMENT IS OUTLINED VERY CLEARLY IN CHAPTER 92 OF THE TEXAS PROPERTY CODE, WITH THE EXEMPTION OF THE ENFORCEMENT PIECES THAT I'VE INCLUDED, SUCH AS TENANT RIGHTS TO JOIN A TENANT ORGANIZATION, A PENALTY FOR OWNERS OF AFFORDABLE AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR SERIOUS HEALTH AND SAFETY VIOLATIONS, A PENALTY FOR REPEAT VIOLATIONS, PUTTING THE ONUS, UM, ON THE COST OF THE INSPECTIONS AND FEES, UM, ON THE OWNERS. BUT ABOVE ALL, THAT THE CITY'S AGAINST OWNERS THAT DO NOT REMEDY CONDITIONS THAT ARE MATERIALLY AFFECTING THE TENANT'S HEALTH AND SAFETY, MAKING IT CLEAR, UM, OF REPEAT OFFENDERS AND THE KNOWLEDGE FOR TENANTS THAT IN CITY LEADERS, UM, THAT HAVE THEIR BACK IN THIS PARTICULAR DOCUMENT, IT MENTIONS GOOD CONDITION AND REPAIR, ORDINARY REPAIR AND TEAR, ET CETERA. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO. IT IS, HAS NOTHING ABOUT HEALTH STANDARDS OR QUALITY OF LIFE. THE ISSUES THAT I HAVE WITH THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT ALSO IS THE COST OF THE UNITS ARE UPWARDS OF $300,000. IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, WE COULD PROBABLY BUY 149 HOMES FOR EACH PERSON. UM, FOR THAT VERY REASON, I DO NOT SUPPORT THIS ITEM. AND I'M VOTING NO. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN EVAN SHABAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK LAST BEFORE THE VOTE COUNCIL MEMBER KASH MAYOR, THE THING THAT YOU SAID LAST WEEK CONCERNING THE FACT THAT, THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT NEED TO BE IN THESE HOMES, AND THIS WILL BE A NEW FACILITY. UH, AND I UNDERSTAND THE, THE DISCUSSION CONCERNING THE, UH, THE PEOPLE RECEIVING THE CONTRACT HAVING HAD A BAD HISTORY IN CERTAIN AREAS. BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT THEY HAD TAKEN OVER SOME OF THESE OTHER AREAS, UH, IT'S OTHER APARTMENT COMPLEX AND IT WAS ALREADY RAN DOWN. SO I, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IF, IF THESE ARE REALLY BAD ACTORS THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, OR IF THESE ARE, IF THESE ARE PEOPLE TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND JUST GOT CAUGHT DURING ALL OF THE, THE TROUBLE WITH HARVEY AND, AND, AND WITH THE, UH, THE MATTER OF COVID AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO, UH, AND I DID HEAR WHAT YOU JUST SAID ABOUT THE CO AVERAGE COST, UH, IS 300, $3,000 PER APARTMENT. AND, AND, UH, I I, I, I AGREE WE COULD, WE COULD PROBABLY BUILD A HOME SOMEWHERE FOR THAT. BUT, UH, UH, JUST CAN YOU ADDRESS ANY OF THAT, THAT, UH, CONCERNING THE, THE, THE OTHER, THE PROPERTY THAT, WHERE, WHERE PEOPLE CAME AND, AND WERE ANGRY, WAS THEY, THEY BOUGHT ANOTHER EXISTING, UH, HOUSING PROJECT THAT WAS ALREADY RUN DOWN. AM AM I CORRECT? WELL, THE ISSUE IS YOU CAN, YOU CAN HAVE SEVERAL DEVELOPMENTS, OKAY? AND YOU CAN GO AND ACQUIRE, UM, A DEVELOPMENT THAT'S, LET'S SAY THAT IS SUBSTANDARD, BUT ONCE YOU ACQUIRE, IT BECOMES YOURS. AND YOU HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF RAISING IT UP TO STANDARDS IF YOU ARE GOING TO, UH, BE OPENING UP FOR TENANTS. SO IF I GO, FOR EXAMPLE, AND ACQUIRE A HOME THAT'S RUN DOWN, BUT THEN I PUT IT OUT AND HAVE TENANTS, UH, COME IN TO THAT HOUSE, THEN IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE THE NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS. AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF SAYING IT WAS ALREADY RUN DOWN WHEN I PURCHASED IT. AND SO IT'S GONNA CONTINUE TO BE RUN DOWN AS I RENT IT. THAT'S WHAT I WANT, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, LET THIS BE A LESSON TO EVERYONE THAT, UH, IF YOU ACQUIRE IT, YOU OWN IT, AND YOU HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY, IF YOU'RE GOING TO LET IT OUT FOR OTHER PEOPLE AND CHARGE THEM FOR STAYING THERE, THEN YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STANDARDS ARE SUCH THAT THEY'RE NOT LIVING IN DEHUMANIZED SITUATIONS. AND THAT'S, AND HENCE THAT'S WHY THE AGREEMENT IS IN PLACE AS WE, AS WE GO FORWARD. THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION. I THANK YOU. I WANTED TO HEAR THAT. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, LAST WEEK WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO TO LEVERAGE OUR, UM, YOU KNOW, US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHAT CAN WE DO TO LEVERAGE WHERE [03:30:01] WE ARE NOW TO ENSURE THAT, UM, THESE DEVELOPERS IN THIS OWNERSHIP GROUP WILL DO RIGHT BY THE PEOPLE OF CLEMMY MANOR, RIGHT? AND THE TWO THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS, ONE, TO IMPROVE THE LIVING CONDITIONS OF THE PEOPLE AT CLEMMY. AND THEN THE SECOND IS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE, UM, HOMELESS HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO NEED IT, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE TO FOCUS KIND OF ON THOSE TWO THINGS. 'CAUSE THE PEOPLE COMING FROM CLEMON ARE SAYING, WE LIVING IN HORRIBLE CONDITIONS. WHAT CAN YOU DO? I WROTE DOWN SOME, SOME QUOTES BASED ON STATEMENTS OF PEOPLE WHO CAME YESTERDAY. PUBLIC COMMENT. ONE PERSON SAID, WE NEED ACTION, NOT WORDS. ANOTHER PERSON SAID, WE NEED TO HELP THESE PEOPLE. ANOTHER PERSON SAID, THINGS NEVER CHANGE. SOMETHING NEEDS TO HAPPEN. I DO BELIEVE THIS IS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, UH, USE OUR LEVERAGE TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN HOLD NHP ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE OF CLEMMY, BECAUSE NOW THEY WANT SOMETHING FROM US, WHICH IS TO VOTE ON THEM GETTING APPROVED FOR THE FUTURE PROJECT. SO THAT'S WHAT I THINK THIS AGREEMENT DOES. IT'S MORE THAN AN MOU, WHICH I WAS NOT GONNA BE IN FAVOR OF. IF IT WAS AN MOU, I WANTED SOMETHING THAT WAS CONTRACTUAL, SOMETHING THAT WAS BINDING. UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT A THIRD PARTY INSPECTION COMPANY GETS TO COME IN AND LAY OUT ALL THE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE DONE, SET A TIMELINE FOR WHEN THEY NEED TO BE DONE, AND A PENALTY FOR IF THEY ARE NOT DONE. SO THAT HELPS THE PEOPLE OF CLEMON, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO ACHIEVE. I DO AGREE THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING MORE ROBUST IN THE FUTURE THAT LOOKS AT A COMPREHENSIVE WAY IN WHICH WE CAN HOLD APARTMENT OWNERS ACCOUNTABLE. CITYWIDE, UH, I'VE READ YOUR, YOUR PROPOSAL. I THINK MANY OF THE THINGS YOU PUT FORTH ARE VERY VALID, BUT I DO THINK WE HAVE TO VET IT OUT BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE IT'S GONNA NEED AN ORDINANCE. UM, BUT IF WE FOCUS ON CLEMMY AND HELPING THESE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW, THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING MORE THAN, UH, WHAT OTHER PREVIOUS COUNCILS HAVE DONE. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN USE AS A PRECEDENT EVEN GOING FORWARD. SO MY VOTE IN SUPPORT OF THIS IS REALLY, MAYOR, YOUR VISION FOR, UH, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS HAVE SOMEWHERE TO LIVE. MY VOTE IS MORE SO ON YOUR VISION, ON ENSURING THAT WE PUT SOMETHING IN PLACE TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF CLEMMY AND NOT REALLY IN SUPPORT OF NHP UNTIL THEY PROVE IN THE FUTURE, BASED ON WHAT THE WORK WE'RE DOING TODAY, THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO KEEP THOSE CONDITIONS TO WHERE THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE ARE LIVING IN PLACES THAT WE CAN BE PROUD OF. ALRIGHT? SO IF WE WANT TO GET IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE PEOPLE OF EMMY MANOR, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE AS A COUNCIL TOGETHER, CAN PUT FORTH TO ENSURE THAT HAPPENS. AND BY DOING SO, I DO BELIEVE WE'RE TAKING A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. SO I WANT TO THANK THE VICE MAYOR, PRO TEM, UH, FOR PUTTING FORTH THIS PROPOSED LANGUAGE. SHE WAS DOING IT WHILE SHE WAS ACTUALLY ON A TRADE MISSION IN PANAMA. SO THAT REALLY SHOWS HER DILIGENCE. I WAS EXTREMELY IMPRESSED, UH, TO SEE HER SO FOCUSED ON THE PEOPLE HERE WHILE SHE'S ALSO REPRESENTING THE CITY ABROAD. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THANK YOU MAYOR FOR, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILMAN VICE? NO, COUNCILMAN MAYOR. ICO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THANK YOU TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES WHO SPOKE OUT LAST WEEK. I THINK THE, THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING HERE, IN THIS DOCUMENT, UM, THAT YOU DID LEVERAGE THE SITUATION FOR IMPROVING THE LIVES OF PEOPLE AT CLEMMY MANOR. AND MAYOR, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THIS CLEMMY MANOR GOES THROUGH, REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS TODAY, THIS IS A DONE DEAL. THE IMPROVEMENTS AT CLEMMY MANOR ARE HAPPENING. UM, I WAS, UH, I AM IN RECEIPT OF A COPY OF THE TENANT PROTECTIONS THAT ARE PART OF THE COUNTY AGREEMENT. I I WAS HOPEFUL THESE WOULD BE ALSO PART OF THE CITY AGREEMENT. UM, IT DOES MENTION, I, I JUST AM, IT MENTIONS A LOT ABOUT, UH, IT, IT DOES, IT DOES MENTION ABOUT A TENANT ORGANIZATION. THIS, THIS IS PART, UM, IT'S THE LAST KIND OF BULLET, A RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN A TENANT ORGANIZATION THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT'S INCORPORATED IN THIS, UM, GROUP OF, OF TENANT PROTECTIONS. BUT MOST INTERESTING, UM, UM, RELEVANT TO THE DISCUSSIONS WE'VE BEEN HAVING ABOUT PROPERTY CONDITION. SECTION SEVEN OF THIS DOCUMENT TALKS ABOUT JUST THAT IT, UM, IT TALKS ABOUT INSPECTIONS DONE BY THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY. IT TALKS ABOUT, UM, THE LANDLORD INSTITUTING A SYSTEM WHICH WILL NOT BE LIMITED TO COMPUTER OR ONLINE BASED SUBMISSIONS AVAILABLE TO TENANT TO SUBMIT REQUESTS FOR REPAIRS. ALL SUBMISSIONS BY TENANTS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO HCDD UPON REQUEST. LANDLORD WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF ANY CONDITION ON OR AFFECTING THE PROPERTY UPON SUCH REQUESTS BEING SUBMITTED THROUGH THIS SYSTEM. [03:35:01] AND THIS IS IMPORTANT, IF LANDLORD KNOWS OR SHOULD KNOW, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY HEARD, ONCE THEY GET WORD THAT THERE'S A COMPLAINT, IF LANDLORD KNOWS OR SHOULD KNOW OF ANY HAZARDOUS CONDITION ON OR AFFECTING THE PROPERTY, LANDLORD AGREES TO REMEDIATE THE SAME WITHIN SEVEN DAYS FOLLOWING THE DATE, THE LANDLORD BECOMES AWARE OF SAME. SO, AS I STATED, I, I WISH THIS WAS PART OF OUR AGREEMENT. I UNDERSTAND. I MEAN, I COULD WE JUST PUT IT IN THERE BY ADOPTION, IT DOES BECOME A POINT. OKAY, SO BY, BY THE COUNTY'S ADOPTION, IT'S PART OF OUR OVERALL AGREEMENT. THAT IS CORRECT. EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT OUR PART OF OUR LOAN AGREEMENT THAT'S IN NOVUS. IT'S NOT AN EXEC. IT'S NOT, THIS IS, IT'S NOT A, UM, AN AMENDMENT. IT'S NOT, I MEAN, I TRUST, YOU KNOW, I TRUST THAT THE COUNTY WILL ENFORCE THIS. I WANT THE CITY, I MEAN, IT'S MENTIONED THAT IT'S THE CITY DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. THEY'RE GONNA BE ON TOP OF THIS. YES, BY, BY ADOPTION, BY PASSAGE OF THIS, OF THIS ORDINANCE, IT BECOMES A PA A PART OF OUR AGREEMENT. AURA, YOU HONOR, OPINE ON THAT AS WELL FROM A LEGAL POINT OF VIEW. UM, THAT, THAT'S RIGHT. IT'S A JOINT AGREEMENT. SO THE, UH, A DEFAULT OF THE PROVISION OF, OF COUNTY PROVISIONS, UH, RESULTS IN A DEFAULT OF OUR AGREEMENT ALSO. 'CAUSE IT'S A JOINT OKAY. PROCESS. THANK YOU. VICE, VICE MAYOR PROAM, CAST SPECTATOR, THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND, UM, COLLEAGUES, LAST WEEK WHEN WE HAD THIS, UH, DISCUSSION AROUND, AROUND THE TABLE, UM, I ASKED THE QUESTION, HOW DO YOU REBUILD TRUST WHEN TRUST IS BROKEN? AND FOR MANY OF THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN CLEMMY MANOR, UM, THEY, THEY DON'T BELIEVE THAT CHANGE IS GOING TO HAPPEN AT THAT COMPLEX BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN AGREEMENTS, AND THE MANAGEMENT HAS VOWED BEFORE TO INSPECT AND FIX. AND THAT DID NOT HAPPEN. UM, WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT DO WE DO, NOT ONLY AT CLEMMY MANOR, BUT ACROSS THE CITY TO IMPROVE PROPERTIES AROUND THE CITY. AND, UM, WHILE, WHILE I WAS IN PANAMA LAST WEEK, I WAS THINKING, WE GOTTA DO SOMETHING. WE GOTTA DO SOMETHING. WE NEED SOMETHING ENFORCEABLE. UM, I SENT THESE SUGGESTIONS TO THE MAYOR, UM, BUT THE ONLY THING THAT I LIKE REALLY ABOUT THE, THIS AGREEMENT IS THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REMOVE THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. AND WHAT THAT DOES IS SAYS TO THE, UH, MANAGEMENT AND THE OWNERS OF THIS PROPERTY, IF THE INSPECTION REPORT IS NOT DONE BY A THIRD PARTY, UM, INSPECTOR, WHERE MAYOR, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. I KNOW WE SAID IN THE, IN THE LETTER THAT THE CITY IS ENTITLED TO RELY ON THE PCA REPORT. UM, I, I THINK WE WANT TO THE CITY TO BE NAMED IN THAT REPORT. SO THAT IS OUR PROPERTY AS WELL. SO WE WANNA RELY ON IT, BUT WE WANT TO BE NAMED AS IT IS. IT IS OURS ALSO. UM, THAT WAY WE CAN, UH, NOT BE THE, THE ONUS IS NOT ON US. WE CAN'T SAY WE NEED MORE INSPECTORS. THAT INSPECTION IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE OWNER. SO MANY TIMES WE NEED MORE INSPECTORS, AND OUR INSPECTORS ARE OVERBURDENED AND OVERTAXED WITH TRYING TO INSPECT THE NUMEROUS APARTMENTS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE. AND QUITE FRANKLY, I THINK WE ARE SETTING THE STAGE FOR FUTURE WORK IN THE CITY AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN OUR, IN OUR DISTRICTS, BECAUSE WE ARE MOVING THIS RESPONSIBILITY FROM COMPLETELY BEING ON THE CITY INSPECTORS TO THESE OWNERS OF THE, UH, APARTMENT COMPLEXES, TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE GETTING THESE PROPERTIES INSPECTED. AND WHEN WE HAVE SITUATIONS THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE, LIKE THIS ONE, UM, THEY WILL GET THEM INSPECTED. WE CAN WORK WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THE REPAIRS ARE BEING MADE. UM, AND THEN IF THEY ARE NOT BEING MADE, THERE IS, UH, A PENALTY. YOUR OCCUPANCY IS, UH, REVOKED, YOUR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY IS REVOKED. AND THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR HOUSING THESE PEOPLE IN OTHER PLACES BELONGS TO THOSE OWNERS. I THINK THAT'S STRONG LANGUAGE. AND I THINK THAT, UM, IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AS THE CITY, WE HAVE TO BE VERY VIGILANT IN MAKING SURE WE FOLLOW THROUGH AND REVOKE THOSE CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY. UM, I, I THINK ABOUT THE, UM, HIGH RISE THAT HAD THE WATER BREAK, AND THOSE FOLKS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO BE IN THERE. THE CITY WENT THROUGH, YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE ENGINEERING REPORT. YOU HAVE TO COME. NO ONE CAN COME BACK IN THIS PROPERTY UNTIL THE INSPECTORS SAY IT IS PROPERLY VETTED AND NO WALLS ARE SHAKING. AND IT IS SAFE FOR PEOPLE TO BE IN THAT SAME DILIGENCE, IS WHAT WE NEED IN EVERY APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT WE ARE HOUSING PEOPLE. AND I THINK THIS AGREEMENT IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION BECAUSE WE WERE, WE ARE IN A QUANDARY. WE ALL AGREE THAT WE NEED SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IN THE CITY OF [03:40:01] HOUSTON. I DON'T THINK ANYONE WANTS TO LOSE THAT MONEY AND LOSE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. OUR HOMELESS, UM, CITIZEN, THE, THE RESIDENTS IN OUR DISTRICTS, THEY WANT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE, ARE HOMELESS TO BE MOVED FROM UNDER THE STREETS. WE HAVE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES WRAPPED IN TO THIS PROGRAM. UH, AND THIS JUST SETS THE STAGE FOR FUTURE WORK IN OUR CITY AND IN OUR DISTRICTS. SO I WOULD HOPE THAT, UM, MY COLLEAGUES, UH, SEE THE EFFORT THAT WENT INTO THIS, BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO SIT UP HERE AND SEE PEOPLE COME HERE WITH PICTURES OF RATS AND ROACHES IN THEIR HOUSES. PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE ME, IT'S HARD TO SIT HERE AND SEE THEM COME HERE WEEK AFTER WEEK AND TALK ABOUT THE CONDITIONS. AND IF WE CAN'T MAKE AN EFFORT TO HOLD THE OWNERS RESPONSIBLE, SHAME ON US. AND I THINK THIS IS WHAT WE ARE DOING. AND WE ARE, WE ARE SECOND, WE ARE LETTING DEVELOPERS KNOW THAT IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, WE WANT EVERYONE TO PROVIDE QUALITY HOUSING FOR OUR RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. AND I WANT TO THANK OUR, OUR HOUSING CHAIR. UH, I'M A MEMBER OF OUR HOUSING, UM, COMMITTEE. OUR HOUSING CHAIR HAS BEEN DILIGENT ABOUT THESE PROJECTS, AND SHE KNOWS THIS PROCESS IN AND OUT. AND SOMETIMES WHEN I DON'T KNOW, I'M LIKE, I KNOW, WHO KNOWS? LET ME CALL HER AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE SHE'S THE CHAIR OF IT AND SHE'S DILIGENT ABOUT IT. AND I KNOW THAT WHEN SOMETHING IS IN YOUR HEART AND YOU JUST CAN'T DO IT, YOU JUST CAN'T DO IT. BUT YOU GOTTA DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. AND WE WERE PUT IN A TOUGH SITUATION. WE GOTTA DO SOMETHING FOR PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN SUBSTANDARD HOUSING, AND WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE HOUSING AVAILABLE FOR OUR HOMELESS PEOPLE. AND I THINK THAT THIS, UM, AGREEMENT, MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR, UM, TAKING MY SUGGESTIONS AND PUTTING IT INTO AN AGREEMENT AND A LETTER AND BEING WILLING TO ENFORCE IT AND REMOVE THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY IF WE DO NOT, UM, SEE THE IMPROVEMENTS AFTER THE, UM, THIRD PARTY INSPECTION REPORT. SO, UM, COLLEAGUES, I KNOW WE, WE'VE BEEN PUT IN TOUGH SITUATIONS BEFORE, UH, AND, AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH IT. AND SO THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND EVERYONE WHO WILL ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK DAY IN AND DAY OUT TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR CITIZENS IN, IN HOUSTON. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MARK CAYMAN. IT'S HARD TO FOLLOW THAT. I JUST WANTED TO THANK VICE MAYOR PRO TEM FOR YOUR ENGAGEMENT. AGAIN, AS COUNCILMAN POLLARD SAID, WHILE OUT OF THE COUNTRY REPRESENTING THE CITY, UM, I ALSO WANTED TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER, JACKSON PLUMBER, CHAIR THOMAS, AND OTHERS FOR RAISING THE ISSUE WHEN SOME OF US WERE UNAWARE OF THE DYNAMICS AND THE SITUATION. UM, SO THANK YOU AGAIN. AND MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR COMING UP WITH A WAY, UH, WITH THE HELP OF ICE MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, TO FIND A WAY TO ENFORCE WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR. UM, THE ONE THING I WOULD REQUEST IS AN UPDATE FOLLOWING THE DEADLINE OF THE REPORT OR WHEN THE TERM FOR REPAIRS EXPIRES, UM, THAT WE BE JUST UPDATED ON WHERE THAT STANDS. UM, BUT I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, UM, TO HEAR FROM COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABAZZ AS IT RELATES TO YOUR DISTRICT SPECIFICALLY. UH, BUT I I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT WE DO HAVE A TENANT'S BILL OF RIGHTS INCORPORATED INTO THIS AGREEMENT THROUGH THE COUNTY. AND COUNCILOR ALCORN, THANK YOU FOR WALKING THROUGH SOME OF THAT. I WAS TRYING TO LOOK OVER IT, ALBEIT HASTILY, BUT IT DOES SOUND LIKE THERE IS TEETH TO IT. UM, SO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A TENANT'S BILL OF RIGHTS, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE AN, UH, AN ENFORCEABLE REMEDIATION PLAN, UH, FOR CLEMMY HOMES, ALL OF THOSE THINGS POINT TO WE ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, AND WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. UM, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO BE HOUSING. UH, SO I WOULD, I'LL BE VOTING, UH, IN FAVOR OF THIS IF COUNCIL MEMBER REVEREND SHABAZZ DOES. UM, BUT I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION, MAYOR. IN THIS INSTANCE WHERE THE COUNTY, UH, INCLUDED AN ENFORCEABILITY CLAUSE WHERE THE BURDEN IS ON THE CITY, IN THIS CASE, IT'S A GOOD THING, AND I LIKE IT, UH, AND I WANT IT, BUT I, I WOULD ASK FOR A CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, CAN THE COUNTY BE IMPOSING REQUIREMENTS ON THE CITY THAT WE AREN'T NECESSARILY AGREEING TO UPFRONT? AGAIN, IN THIS CASE, IT'S A GOOD THING AND WE WANT IT IN THERE, BUT I'M NOT AWARE OF HOW MANY TIMES THE COUNTY MAY BE SAYING, WELL, THE CITY OF HOUSTON'S [03:45:01] GOING TO HAVE TO DO X. UH, AND THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I WANNA RAISE FOR A LATER TIME IN THIS CASE, IT'S A GOOD THING, BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT AS WELL. GOTCHA, GOTCHA. COUNCILWOMAN KNOX. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE AN OBSERVATION HERE. SO WE HAVE A COMPANY THAT WAS, THAT PURCHASED CLEM MANOR IN 2014, AND EIGHT YEARS LATER, WHEN THEY'RE NOW INTERESTED IN GETTING AN $18 MILLION CONTRACT FROM THE CITY, ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW THEY WANT TO GO AHEAD AND COOPERATE AND CLEAN THINGS UP. FRANKLY, I JUST HAVE A HARD TIME HAVING CONFIDENCE OR TRUST IN A BUSINESS OR AN INDIVIDUAL WHO RELIES ON FUTURE BENEFIT TO GO BACK AND CORRECT PAST ERRORS. THEY HAD, THEY HAD EIGHT YEARS, UH, TO DEAL WITH THIS CLEM MANOR PROJECT. AND UP UNTIL RECENTLY, UNTIL THIS CAME ABOUT, THEY'RE JUST NOT INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH US. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW THEY ARE. SO I'M AFRAID I'M GOING TO OPPOSE THIS. NOT BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE IN THE $18 MILLION TO BE FOR OF HOUSING PROJECT, BUT I CAN'T REWARD COMPANIES OR INDIVIDUALS WHO TREAT THE PEOPLE THAT THEY WORK AROUND THIS WAY, AND PARTICULARLY THE CITY. OH, GIVE US $18 MILLION, WE'LL CLEAN THAT ONE PLACE UP. SO I, I JUST HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT STRUCTURALLY. SO I'M GONNA VOTE NO ON IT. THANK YOU. WELL, I WOULD BE OFFERING YOU SOMETHING ELSE IF GLO ALLOWED US SOME FLEXIBILITY. THE PROBLEM SHOULD BE WITH GLO. WE ASKED FOR AN EXTENSION FOR THESE DOLLARS FOR MULTIFAMILY AND ADDITIONAL YEAR EXTENSION. WE ASKED FOR THE SAME THING THAT THE FEDS GAVE TO THE STATE. THE STATE GAVE THE FED, NO, THE FEDS GAVE THE STATE A TWO YEAR EXTENSION ON THESE HARVEY DOLLARS. THE STATE DIDN'T GIVE US ONE DAY. NOW, I WANT YOU TO SINK THAT IN. THE FEDS GAVE THE STATE TWO YEARS EXTENSION, GLO GAVE THE CITY ZERO, AND THEY SET THE PARAMETERS. THIS IS THE DEVELOPMENT, THIS IS THE PROJECT. THIS IS WHAT WE APPROVE. IF WE HAD THE FLEXIBILITY, THIS WOULD BE A WHOLE NEW BALL GAME. OKAY? THE ONLY THING THAT, WHAT IS THE DRIVING FORCE HERE? MONEY FOR THE HOMELESS. SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE, OKAY, WHAT ARE YOUR OPTIONS AND HOW DO YOU MAKE, HOW DO YOU MAKE, UM, HOW DO YOU DERIVE THE BEST FROM HORRIBLE TERMS WHEN THE OCCU, WHEN THE PERSON WHO'S CONDUCTING THE DOLLARS ARE DICTATING THEM? SO THE, THE MARRIAGE BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE CITY HAS BEEN A HORRIBLE ONE. I WISH IT COULD BE A DIVORCE AND WE COULD GET AS MUCH, UH, ALIMONY. ALIMONY, BUT IT'S BEEN A HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE MARRIAGE, YOU KNOW, HORRIBLE. BUT THOSE, BUT, BUT HAVING SAID THAT, WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF TRYING TO COME FORTH WITH THE BEST SOLUTION TO HELP THE PEOPLE IN OUR CITY. AND, UM, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE. SO, I, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. COUNCIL MEMBER MEN, WHAT YOU'RE, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND, UH, I KNOW THAT WE SAW SEVERAL RESIDENTS FROM THE TIMBER RIDGE APARTMENT THAT CAME IN JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO. AND I, I, I THANK YOU MAYOR, FOR GOING OUT THERE AND ALL THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON THAT WENT OUT THERE, AND WE MET WITH THE NEW MANAGEMENT, UH, THEY ASSURED US THAT THEY WOULD BE WORKING WITH US. UH, SO OF COURSE, WE WILL BE FOLLOWING UP. AND, UH, UH, SOLID WASTE IS GOING BY THERE ON A WEEKLY BASIS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE, UH, TRASH CONTAINERS ARE, ARE NOT OVER OVERFLOWING WITH TRASH. UH, SO THAT'S GOOD. UM, MARY, AND IN, IN, IN REGARDS TO THIS, AND, AND, AND I'M GONNA TAKE MY LEAVE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER OF THAT DISTRICT. THE WAY SHE VOTES IS HOW I'M GONNA VOTE. I'M GONNA RESPECT THAT VOTE. BUT, BUT, BUT, BUT NHP, UH, AGAIN, IS THE DEVELOPER MAGNIFI HOUSES. WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS GONNA BE THE OPERATOR. AND WHAT I UNDERSTAND SIGNIFICANT HOUSES IS AN ORDER OF NUNS THAT HAVE BEEN OUT THERE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, UH, YOU KNOW, HELPING INDIVIDUALS THAT NEED THE HELP. TRUE. UH, SO THEIR, THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEIR, THEIR MISSION HERE IS MAGNIFI OFFERS REFUGE AND HOPE TO THE DESTITUTE BY CREATING HOMES WHERE PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT MENTAL ABILITIES, SOCIAL BACKGROUNDS, RELIGIONS AND CULTURES LIVE TOGETHER IN COMMUNITY. COMMUNITY IS OUR GREATEST STRENGTH. AND THROUGH COMMUNITY, WE STRIVE TO REVEAL THE SPECIAL VALUE THAT EACH PERSON HAS TO OFFER. THE OTHER, WE ARE DEDICATED TO THE CONVICTION [03:50:01] THAT RECOVERY IS POSSIBLE IN A FAMILY STYLE SETTING THAT OFFERS HOPE, RESPECT, OPPORTUNITY, WORK, A GOOD HOME EDUCATION AND FRIENDSHIP. SO, AGAIN, THEY HAVE A HISTORY OF DOING THIS, AND THEREFORE, I THINK, UH, UH, THEY'RE DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB. AND I'M GLAD THAT THEY WILL BE THE ONES THAT WILL BE OPERATING THIS NEW FACILITY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN P*****K. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE MORE THINGS. FOR ONE, UH, I AGREE WITH YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER KNOX, THIS IS, THIS IS NOT THE BEST SITUATION TO BE IN, UM, UNDER, UNDER SEVERAL DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES. UH, BUT GOING BACK TO UNDERSTANDING THAT THE, THE TWO THINGS WE WANT TO TRY TO CORRECT IS IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF THOSE AT CLEMMY MANOR, AND, UH, PROVIDING MORE HOUSING FOR THE HOMELESS. AND I, I, I, FOR ME, IN A, IN A, IN A STINKY SITUATION, I, I, I KEEP TRYING TO GO BACK TO THOSE TWO, UH, POINTS. BUT WITHIN OUR AGREEMENT, I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT THE THIRD PARTY INSPECTOR, UM, HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF OUR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. SO THAT'S, THAT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT. SO IT'S NOT JUST ANY THIRD PARTY INSPECTOR THAT, UM, THE DEVELOPER CAN GO OUT AND GET, BUT IT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY, BY THE CITY. AND THEN TWO, UH, MAYOR, ONCE THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY IS PULLED, IF THEY DO NOT ABIDE BY THESE TERMS, THAT, UM, THE OWNER WOULD INCUR THE COST OF RELOCATING, UH, THE TENANTS TO SUITABLE HOUSING. RIGHT? AND I THINK THAT'S A BIG POINT TO ADDRESS TOO, AND ONE THAT YOU'VE INCLUDED. UM, AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE, THE TOTALITY OF THE AGREEMENT THAT'S PUT IN PLACE, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS IS STRONG BASED ON THE COMMENTS THAT CAME LAST WEEK. AND I THINK THOSE COMMENTS WERE EXTREMELY NECESSARY, BUT FOR THOSE COMMENTS, IT WOULD BE BUSINESS AS USUAL, RIGHT? AND I THINK WE ARE FINDING WAYS TO LEVERAGE THE POWER THAT WE HAVE UP HERE ON COUNCIL TO GO IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS WHEN WE HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THINGS THAT WE'RE ALL PASSIONATE ABOUT AND COMPASSIONATE ABOUT. AND SO, I WANT TO THANK, UH, CHAIR THOMAS. 'CAUSE FOR MANY OF US, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMICS OF NHP AND HOW DOES THAT, HOW DOES THAT CORRELATE WITH CLEMMY MANOR? AND THEN HOW DID THAT CORRELATE WITH THIS NEW PROPERTY? AND TYING ALL THAT TOGETHER, UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MUCH INFORMATION THAT COMES ACROSS OUR DESK EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND I THINK WHAT YOU SAW LAST WEEK, MAYOR, WAS JUST ORGANICALLY THE PASSION OF, OF COUNCIL, UH, UNDERSTANDING WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE AND, AND WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN WORK TOGETHER WITH YOUR ADMINISTRATION AND LEGAL. UM, AND I WANT TO THANK THE CITY ATTORNEY, UH, FOR REALLY LISTENING TO US AND WORKING TO MAKE THIS A PRIORITY WITHIN THE WEEK. UH, SO IN A STICKY AND STINKY SITUATION, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KNOX, I THINK THIS IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE STILL ABLE TO GET BENEFIT FROM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER PALMER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M JUST GONNA SAY ONE LAST THING ON THIS. THE, A LOT OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE MENTIONED IN THAT AGREEMENT ARE ALL IN THE, IN THE CHAPTER 92 PROPERTY CODE. THEY'RE, THEY ALREADY EXIST. THEY'RE NOT NEW. I MEAN, THESE ARE, THESE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN LISTED. EVERY LANDLORD IS AWARE OF IT. WE ARE AWARE OF IT BY LAW. IT WAS ALREADY SOMETHING THAT'S EXPECTED. SO IT'S NOT NEW LANGUAGE, IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S THERE. IT'S, I HAVE THE BOOK BINDER OF HOW BIG THE IT IS. SO, UM, I WILL SAY THAT NOT ONLY IS IT CLEAN MANOR, THAT'S ONLY THE FOCUS, BUT THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 22 OTHER APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT FALL ON THE SAME GUIDELINE. AND PEPPER TREE IS ALSO MANAGED BY THIS COMPANY, OWNED BY THIS COMPANY. AND I PERSONALLY DELIVERED 500 GALLONS OF WATER DURING, UM, THE ICE, THE ICE STORM, SO THEY COULD FLUSH THEIR TOILETS. AND SO, AND THEIR BALCONIES ARE FALLING APART. AND SO WE'RE FOCUSING ON ONE BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN THE LOUDEST, THAT'S BEEN THE SQUEAKY WHEEL. SO WE'RE FOCUSING ON ONE, BUT IN MY OPINION, WE NEED TO PRINT OUT ABOUT 2,500 MORE OF THESE AND PUT EVERY OTHER APARTMENT COMPLEX ON THERE UNTIL WE HAVE SOME BLANKET EXPECTATION OF WHAT THE CITY CAN DO THAT HAS FULL GUIDANCE TO MAKE THIS THING HAPPEN. WE ARE FOCUSING ON ONLY THE ONES THAT HAVE SACRIFICED THEIR TIME TO COME HERE AND COMPLAIN OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. AND HONESTLY, COUNSEL, WE ARE FEELING THEM. AND I APPRECIATE YOU MI VICE MAYOR, FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. I REALLY DO. I'M NOT, I'M NOT DOWNING AND IAND HOW IMPORTANT IT'S TO GET HOUSING. I KNOW THAT GLOW HAS BEEN A BAD, YOU KNOW, PARTNER WITH ALL OF US, BUT THIS IS JUST NOT ENOUGH. THIS IS JUST THAT ONE. THIS IS JUST CLEMMY. BUT WHAT ABOUT ALL THE OTHER ONES? I WISH YOU WOULD ALL JUST DO A RIDE ALONG WITH ME AND GO TO ALL THESE PLACES, Y'ALL. I GO TO THEM EVERY SINGLE WEEK, THREE AND FOUR OF THEM, AND THOSE ARE THE ONLY ONES I CAN GO [03:55:01] TO. BUT IT'S A REALLY BAD DEAL. IT'S A REALLY BAD DEAL. AND I'M, I'M DONE. THANK YOU. THE WHIRL WASN'T MADE IN, UM, IN ONE DAY EITHER, AND NEITHER. WE ARE GONNA SOLVE ALL OF THE CITY'S PROBLEMS UNDER ONE ADMINISTRATION. UM, VICE MEMBER, VICE MAYOR FOR JIM, CAST DICTATOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I, I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT I KNOW THAT, UM, I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND JAMESTOWN AFFORDABLE HOUSING, INC. 'CAUSE I WASN'T CLEAR ON THAT, AND I DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK ABOUT THAT. THE RELATIONSHIP OF JAMESTOWN, AFFORDABLE HOUSING INC. AND NHP, DO WE KNOW, IS THAT JUST THE, THE NAME? OKAY. IF WE, IF WE, IF WE CAN FIND THAT OUT. THAT WAS THE ONLY OTHER THING. AND THEN I KNOW THAT NHP HAS ABOUT 60 PROPERTIES, UH, MAYBE THREE OR FOUR HERE IN HOUSTON. UM, AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MAJORITY OF THEIR PROPERTIES ARE WELL-RUN PROPERTIES. UH, THEY DO HAVE SOME PROBLEM PROPERTIES. UH, SPECIFICALLY THE ONE WE ARE DISCUSSING, CLEMMY MANOR. UH, THEY DID PURCHASE THAT, I THINK IN 20 14, 20 15. UH, THEY RECEIVED SOME, UM, FEDERAL FUNDING TO MAKE SOME RE REPAIRS AND DO SOME REHABILITATION. UM, NOW THEY'VE GOT SOME NEW MANAGEMENT IN PLACE. AND I THINK THAT, UM, WE ARE, WE ARE TURNING THE SHIP NOW, UM, WITH THE EXPECTATIONS AS A COUNCIL AND WITH OUR EXPECTATIONS IN HOUSTON FOR DEVELOPERS AND BUSINESS AND, AND APARTMENT OWNERS. SO, UM, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHERS, AND THAT IS, UM, PART OF THE REASON WHY THIS, UM, LANGUAGE CAME FORTH WAS FROM MY CONVERSATIONS WITH AN APARTMENT OWNER IN DISTRICT A AND, YOU KNOW, HIS CONCERNS, UH, WITH, WITH TENANT STRUGGLES AND MY CONCERNS AS A COUNCIL MEMBER. SO I THINK AS WE, UM, WORK TOGETHER, WE WILL BE ABLE TO AFFECT MORE APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. THIS IS JUST THE FIRST ONE THAT WE ARE PUTTING THIS TYPE OF STRONG LANGUAGE ON, BUT THERE IS MORE WORK TO BE DONE. SO I AGREE WITH YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER, BUT WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE. OKAY. AND THE FINAL COMMENT ON THIS IS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MAVIN SHABA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. YOU KNOW, I KNOW HOW YOU DON'T WANT ITEMS TAGGED, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT IMPACT ONE OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WITH THE LOSS OF MONEY. BUT IF THERE EVER WAS A GOOD TAG, THAT WAS IT. BECAUSE NHP WAS ACTUALLY HERE. UH, THE PEOPLE OF CLEMY MANOR, THEY HEARD THE CONCERNS BECAUSE THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, A TEARING AWAY SOMEWHAT. EVERYBODY WANTS TO SUPPORT THE HOMELESS, BUT WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANNA BE, UH, AWARD BAD BEHAVIOR. BUT THE COMMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES WERE SO KEY. AND THE FACT THAT YOU LISTEN, MAYOR IS WARMS MY HEART BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I IN FAVOR OF QUALITY OF LIFE, I, I DID AS WELL. BUT I FOUND OUT THAT VICE MAYOR, PRO TEM, AS SHE HAD PROMISED, EITHER GOES TO BED LATER OR GETS UP EARLIER BECAUSE SHE HAD ALREADY REACHED OUT TO YOU. BECAUSE OF COURSE, I WANTED TO KNOW, CAN WE CHANGE THE DEVELOPER? AND YOU TOLD ME EMPHATICALLY NO BECAUSE OF THE GUIDELINES, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO FLEXIBILITY. BUT I HAVE WORKED WITH MAGNIFICAT AND SUPPORTED THEM BEFORE I CAME TO COUNCIL. THEY DO MAGNIFICENT WORK. AND SO CERTAINLY I AM GOING TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM. AND I AM SO VERY THANKFUL FOR THIS DOCUMENT. AND AS COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER SAYS, WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO EXPAND IT ALL AROUND BECAUSE THIS HAS TO STOP THAT PEOPLE THINK THAT THEY CAN MISTREAT PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT AFFLUENT, OR MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES. WE ARE CHARGED WITH TAKING CARE OF THE PEOPLE. AND SO, CERTAINLY, I AM SO VERY HAPPY THAT THIS IS HERE. LET CLEMMY MANOR KNOW THAT WE SUPPORT THEM, AND LET PUT EVERYONE ON NOTICE, YOU DEVELOPERS THAT THINK THAT YOU ARE GOING TO MISTREAT PEOPLE. WE ARE ON TO YOU, AND WE ARE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DO WHAT IS NECESSARY TO MAKE YOU COMPLY WITH QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL. SO CERTAINLY I AM GOING TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM, UH, BECAUSE MAGNIFICAT DOES MAGNIFICENT WORK, AS I SAID, BUT I ALSO WANT SOME SECURITY MEASURES IMPLEMENTED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, BECAUSE WE DON'T NECESSARILY WANT PEOPLE JUST TO MOVE AROUND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT. AND MAGNIFICAT, I'M SURE, WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE HOMELESS TO HELP TO GET THEM ON THEIR FEET. AND SO THANK YOU COLLEAGUES, BUT I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS ITEM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER SHABAZZ, UH, THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. UH, YOU READY TO [04:00:01] VOTE IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? THOMAS? OPPOSED? OBJECT. I. OPPOSED? SHOW COUNCIL MEMBER PECK. COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER. COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS JACKSON. COUNCILMAN, COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON. COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN AND COUNCIL MEMBER KNOX VOTING? NO. WHAT THAT, OKAY, WITH P WITH PLUMMER. THOMAS JACKSON, JACKSON HUFFMAN, HUFFMAN, AND KNOXVILLE. NOTE, ITEM PASSES. OKAY, THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM, ITEM 34 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 34. ITEM 34, DISCUSSION ON 34. DISCUSSION ON 34. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR, OPPOSE GRANTED ON 34. THIS COMPLETES THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. THANK YOU. WE'LL START OFF [NON CONSENT - MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS] TODAY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN. I PASS. YES, I DIDN'T QUITE ADD IT. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I WANTED TO JUST HIGHLIGHT, UM, UH, THAT THE TDOT HAS, UM, GIVEN A NEW DEADLINE, THE SEPTEMBER 9TH DEADLINE, UM, FOR, UH, CONSTITUENTS TO, UM, SUBMIT, UM, THEIR, UM, COMMENT OR FEEDBACK ON THE PROPOSED, UM, PROJECT THAT WILL BE EXTEND, UM, FROM HEIGHTS BOULEVARD TO I 45. THEY ARE ACCEPTING COMMENTS ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF WAYS ONLINE. THERE'S A FORM YOU CAN POST MARKET BY THE NINTH. YOU CAN, UM, EMAIL THEM, BUT, BUT, UM, PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT TO LET THEM KNOW, UM, WHERE YOU STAND ON ON THAT PROJECT. UM, ALSO, THERE ARE TWO METRO PROJECTS THAT ARE AFFECTING DISTRICT H AND, AND THE CITY, THE TWO METRO RAPID PROJECTS THAT ARE ALSO ACCEPTING COMMENT. UM, THE, THE METRO RAPID, UH, INTER KATY CORRIDOR, AS WELL AS THE METRO RAPID UNIVERSITY CORRIDOR ARE ALSO OPEN FOR COMMENT. SO, UM, HOPE EVERYONE WILL PLEASE DO THAT. UM, WE'VE OFFICIALLY BEEN IN HURRICANE SEASON SINCE JUNE 1ST, BUT HERE IN HOUSTON, EXPERIENCE TELLS US THAT THE FINAL WEEKS OF AUGUST AND THE EARLY WEEKS OF SEPTEMBER ARE WHEN YOU REALLY NEED TO PAY ATTENTION, UM, TO WHAT MAY BE COMING OUR WAY. SO I WAS REALLY PLEASED YESTERDAY, MAYOR, ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WAS, UM, THAT WAS SEALED BETWEEN THE, THE CITY AND HCC TO ESTABLISH A TRAINING CENTER, UM, A RESILIENCY, UM, OPERATION CENTER THAT WILL TRAIN THREE TO 4,000 PEOPLE A YEAR AND PREPARE THEM TO BE BOOTS ON THE GROUND DURING DISASTERS. UM, ALL KINDS OF DISASTERS. YOU, YOU JUST, WE NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GONNA COME, BUT IF IT'S A FLOOD EVENT OR A FREEZE, OR A PANDEMIC OR OIL SPILLS OR LEAKS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE, UM, READY BECAUSE, UM, RESILIENCY BEGINS WITH PREPAREDNESS. THANK YOU. YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, COUNCIL MAYOR PRO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, THIS WEEKEND, THE NATIONAL BATTLE OF THE BANDS IS HAPPENING IN DISTRICT K ON AUGUST 27TH. IF YOU HAVE NOT GOTTEN YOUR TICKETS TO THE BATTLE OF THE BANDS, IT WILL TAKE PLACE AT NRG STADIUM. AND THERE WILL BE, UM, VARIOUS EVENTS SURROUNDING THE BATTLE OF THE BANDS. THERE'S AN ENTREPRENEUR CONFERENCE, A COLLEGE RECRUITMENT FAIR, AND OF COURSE, THE BATTLE BETWEEN EIGHT AMAZING HB CU BANDS. UH, IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION, YOU CAN CONTACT MY OFFICE OR THE NATIONAL BATTLE OF THE BANDS.COM, UH, SITE. HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE OUT AND ENJOYING THAT EVENT. UM, THERE ARE STILL A COUPLE OF BACK TO SCHOOL EVENTS HAPPENING IN DISTRICT K THIS WEEKEND. THE ALAMEDA COMMUNITY FEST IS SATURDAY THE 27TH, FROM NINE TO THREE AT ABIDING MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. UH, IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND YOU'D LIKE TO, UH, ATTEND THAT EVENT, AGAIN, IT'S HAPPENING FROM 9:00 AM TO 3:00 PM MERRICK. UM, COLLEAGUES, WE HAD A OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, VISIT PANAMA ON A TRADE MISSION WITH SOME BUSINESS OWNERS THIS PAST WEEK. AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHABAZZ AND AND JACKSON ALSO ATTENDED, UH, THAT TRADE DELEGATION. UH, WE TOURED THE PORT OF COLOGNE. WE MET WITH MICHAEL CHEN, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE COLOGNE CHAMBER OF CAMP COMMERCE. UH, BUT WHAT WAS MOST FASCINATING WAS TO SEE THE PANAMA CANAL AND TO SEE THAT, UH, THE SHIPS COMING THROUGH THE CANAL, AND FOR BUSINESS OWNERS TO ACTUALLY CORRELATE HOW ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT [04:05:01] WE HAVE COMES THROUGH THAT STRIP OF THE CANAL, UM, AND HOW THEY COULD EXPAND THEIR BUSINESSES. WE HAD SOME, UH, UH, TRANSPORTATION, UH, COMPANY THAT ATTENDED WITH US, SOME REAL ESTATE, UH, FOLKS THAT ATTENDED WITH US, AND WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE SOME REALLY GOOD CONNECTIONS FOR THEM TO EXPAND THEIR CAPACITY. AND, UM, JUST THE IMPACT OF BEING ABLE TO GO FROM THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND THE PACIFIC OCEAN JUST THROUGH THAT CANAL. I I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T EVEN REALIZE HOW IMPACTFUL THAT IS FOR SUPPLY CHAIN AND THE IMPACT THAT HAS ON OUR PORT. UM, AND, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF EXPORTS AND IMPORT EXPORTING AND IMPORTING, UH, PRODUCTS, UM, TO, TO OUR CITY. SO, UH, MAYOR, WE GAVE OUT A COUPLE OF GIFTS TO SOME DIGNITARIES. I MET THE, UH, UH, SENATOR, UM, THE, UH, PORT OF CANAL THAT WAS IN HER DISTRICT. THEY, THEIR, THEIR, UH, GOVERNMENT IS SET UP A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT ON BEHALF OF YOU AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON, WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE OUT SOME GIFTS TO THEIR, UM, PRESIDENT OF THEIR CHAMBER. AND, UM, THEY, THEY WERE SO GRACIOUS, AND THEY ALL WANT TO COME TO HOUSTON AND WORK ON, ON FOSTERING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AT WELLS AS WELL. SO I THINK WE HAD A, HAD A GREAT TRIP. UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE SUPPORT FROM THE, UM, TRACY WHO, UH, HELPED US WITH OUR SWAG BAGS FOR OUR, OUR DELEGATION. WE SURELY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS AND EVERYONE WHO PLAYED A PART IN MAKING THE TRIP SUCCESSFUL. THANKS, COUNCILMAN ROBINSON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND I WOULD LOVE TO FOLLOW UP ON THE VICE MAYOR PRO TEMS REPORT, JUST CELEBRATING THE FACT THAT WE DID HAVE THE, UH, THE PORT MARITIME AWARDS ON SATURDAY NIGHT. MAYOR, YOU DID A GREAT JOB. UM, YOU KNOW, INTRODUCING RICK CAMPO OUR AWARDEE THIS YEAR, AND, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM. THIS, UH, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, FITTING BECAUSE WE WERE CELEBRATING THE WAY THAT OUR PORT IS ADVANCING AND NUMBER ONE IN FOREIGN TONNAGE AND EXPORTS. TRULY REMARKABLE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE PANAMA CANAL IS A CAUSE OF THAT EFFECT, RIGHT? SO WE'RE, IT'S BRILLIANT. YOU WE'RE THERE FOR US. AND, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND JUST ALSO MAYOR THE REPORT THIS MORNING FROM CHIEF COSTELLO ON THIS FIFTH, UH, I'M STILL GONNA CALL IT AN ANNIVERSARY. HE MIGHT CALL IT POST, UH, POST-EVENT, BUT IT IS, IT'S SIGNIFICANT WHERE WE ARE. ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON, UH, YESTERDAY WITH YOU FOR THE HCC, UM, UH, ANNOUNCEMENT AND THEIR, UH, EDUCATION CENTER THAT WAS CELEBRATED WITH AMEE. UM, ANOTHER GREAT MILESTONE FOR US. AND I THINK JUST LAST, I'D LIKE TO CELEBRATE, UH, THE FINAL, UM, DISCUSSION THAT'LL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW NIGHT, UH, FOR THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS HOUSTON. THERE'S A SERIES THIS SUMMER CALLED ACTION ON RESILIENCY. AND TOMORROW NIGHT'S DISCUSSION AT FIVE OR 6:00 PM AT THE ARCHITECTURE CENTER IS ON THE THEME OF DESIGN FOR RESILIENT DEVELOPMENT. SO I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT, IT'S RIPPLING THROUGH EVERYTHING WE DO AND, UM, UH, IT'S NOT EXACTLY A CONFLICT. I'M GONNA TRY TO GO BY, BUT WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE IMPACT ON RAIL AND TRAINS. AND OUR CONGRESSMAN SYLVIA GARCIA WILL BE THERE AND IN THE EAST END WANTED TO MAKE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT AND PITCH FOR ROBERT GALLEGOS WHO HAD TO RUN, UM, OUR COUNCIL MEMBER FROM DISTRICT. AYE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, I JUST REALLY WANT TO SPEND MY TIME, UH, THANKING THE DISTRICT F STAFF AND OUR PARTNERS FOR PHENOMENAL SECOND ANNUAL DISTRICT F JOB FAIR. UM, I AM KNOWN FOR GIVING FEEDBACK AND I DIDN'T GIVE ANY FEEDBACK. THERE WERE NO NOTES. EVERYTHING WAS PHENOMENAL. SO, UM, SHOUT OUT TO MY CHIEF OF STAFF SHERELL DUNCAN, UH, SHAW EDWARDS SENIOR, WHO'S THE DIRECTOR OF CONSTITUENT SERVICES AND JONATHAN JOHNSON, UM, FOR THEIR, UM, EXCELLENT LEVEL OF, UH, WORK ON SATURDAY AND OUR TREMENDOUS PARTNERS, WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, UM, ALE, ISD, LABOR FINDERS SPROUTS AND MORE, AND KTSU. WE HAD OVER 60 VENDORS, OVER 300 PARTICIPANTS. COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN POPPED IN AND, AND TALKED WITH SOME VENDORS. UH, WE OFFERED PROFESSIONAL HEAD SHOTS AT NO CALL, SOCIAL MEDIA TRAINING, AND A WHOLE LOT OF RESOURCE. AND IT WAS GOOD TO SEE SOME FAMILIAR FACES IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WERE TAKEN ADVANTAGE. AND SO PEOPLE CAME FROM ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BUT IT WAS GOOD THAT IT WAS FOR THEM. UM, ON SATURDAY, PENDING THE RAIN, WE WILL BE AT IMPERIAL POINT FOR OUR COMMUNITY POPUP FROM NINE TO 10. IF THERE'S A WEATHER DATE CHANGE, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW VIA EMAIL AND ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA. UM, AND THEN LASTLY, JUST IN HONOR OF, OH NO, LET ME GO TO, UM, ITEM 14 THAT WE PASSED. AND AGAIN, COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU FOR THAT. YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES WE TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND WE MENTIONED POLICING, UM, AND FIRE SOMETIME LEFT OUT OF THAT CONVERSATION. AND SO THEIR FACILITIES AND THE, UM, UPGRADES THAT THEY NEED, I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THIS ITEM WORKING WITH, UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND CHIEF PENA FOR HIS [04:10:01] LEADERSHIP AND WILLINGNESS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT THIS DONE AND GOT THIS ON THE AGENDA. SO I'M EXCITED THAT THE ELECTRIC GATES, THE CO2 DETECTORS, THE SCOTT PACK TRACKERS, AND THE, UH, BACKPACK BLOWERS, UM, EACH STATION WILL RECEIVE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF CAPITAL OF THE EQUIPMENT AND FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS, UM, CLOSE TO $195,000. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR PLACING THAT ON THE AGENDA. AND THEN LASTLY, I WANNA, UM, HONOR MY REMARKS, UH, TO MY COUSIN WHO PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK, BLAIR PRATER SENIOR. HIS SERVICES WILL BE ON THIS THURSDAY AT CHURCH WITH OUR WALLS AT THE ELDRIDGE LOCATION. AND IN HONOR OF EDWINA GRAY HIGGINS, SHE'S, UM, PASSED AWAY LAST NIGHT, A LONGTIME HOUSTONIAN AND WAS THE 10TH WESTERN AREA DIRECTOR OF THE LINKS INCORPORATED IN A MEMBER OF MY CHAPTER OF THE HOUSTON CHAPTER OF THE LINKS. AND SO WE ARE DEFINITELY GRIEVING HER AND JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO, UM, SPEND TIME WITH YOUR ELDERS AND THOSE WHO HAVE, UH, HISTORY AND STORIES ABOUT THE CITY. UM, 'CAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REGRET. I DIDN'T SPEND ENOUGH TIME WITH HER. SO MY REMARKS ARE IN THEIR ORDER, IN THEIR HONOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MAYOR. OUTGOING. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND YES, CONGRATULATIONS TO MY COLLEAGUE AND HER ENTIRE DISTRICT F TEAM. THAT WAS AN UNBELIEVABLE SITUATION. UM, FINDING SOMEBODY A JOB CHANGES THEIR LIFE AND THAT THAT WAS, THAT'S A LOT. THAT WAS A LIFE CHANGING DAY FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE HIRING ON THE SPOT AND, AND GONNA GET HIRED LATER. VERY, VERY WELL PUT TOGETHER. UM, MAYOR YESTERDAY, WE HAD A GREAT MEETING. UM, THANK YOU FOR THE SIDEWALK FEE IN LIEU OF, I DO THINK THERE'S STILL SOME OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FEE ITSELF. UM, WE MIGHT NEED TO LOOK AT THAT A LITTLE HARDER, BUT I, IN, IN THEORY, IN PRINCIPLE, EVERYBODY REALLY LIKES THAT IDEA. I LIKE THAT WE'RE NOT PICKING FIGHTS WITH NEIGHBORHOODS WHO DON'T WANT SIDEWALKS, UH, BECAUSE THERE'S PLENTY OF NEIGHBORHOODS WHO DO. AND SO I LIKE THE APPROACH. I JUST REALLY WANNA ENCOURAGE US TO LOOK CLOSELY AT THOSE FEES. AND ALSO, UM, LEST YOU FORGET, THERE'S A, A MEMO THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, AMY PECK AND I SENT YOU ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES 18 WHEELERS WITH ABOUT 16, UM, SUGGESTIONS. I KNOW THAT IT'S, THE STACK ON YOUR DESK IS, IS BIG, UM, BUT IT'S IN THERE SOMEWHERE. SO READ, I READ, I'VE READ IT. EAGER TO GET, EAGER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME OF THOSE SUGGESTIONS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCILMAN MOPAC. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, LAST SATURDAY THERE WERE TWO BACK TO SCHOOL EVENTS IN DISTRICT A. THE FIRST ONE WAS AT THE SPRING BRANCH FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CENTER. AND MAYOR WERE ALWAYS SO GREAT TO DONATE SO MANY BACKPACKS TO THAT EVENT AND THEY WERE VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT. THEY WERE ABLE TO VACCINATE HUNDREDS OF KIDS, UM, THAT DAY AND ON A PREVIOUS EVENT TOO. AND OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, THEY GAVE AWAY A THOUSAND COMPUTERS AND 2000 HOTSPOTS. AND THIS IS PRIMARILY FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON PITNER ROAD. UM, AND SO IT WAS JUST A REALLY GREAT EVENT, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THAT. AND THEN WE ALSO HAD THE CARDALE BACK TO SCHOOL FEST SATURDAY AND GAVE AWAY HUNDREDS OF BACKPACKS THERE TOO. AND, UM, THERE WERE A BUNCH OF VENDORS THAT CAME OUT FOR THAT AS WELL. SO IT WAS A REALLY GREAT EVENT. AND, UM, LAST WEEK IN THE HEAVY RAIN EVENT THAT WE HAD, UM, I GOT A TON OF, UM, ALERTS ON MY PHONE FROM HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT FROM THEIR FLOOD WARNING SYSTEM. LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF THE, UM, THE CHANNELS IN DISTRICT A WERE ALMOST FLOODING. LUCKILY NOTHING ACTUALLY EXCEEDED ITS BANKS. THERE WERE SOME STREET FLOODING ISSUES, BUT FROM WHAT I COULD TELL, THERE WAS NO STRUCTURAL FLOODING IN DISTRICT A. BUT WE GOT PRETTY CLOSE, UM, IN A COUPLE OF AREAS. SO I JUST WANNA ADVOCATE FOR ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO WITH THE COUNTY TO EXPAND THOSE CREEKS. BUTTERMILK CREEK BRICKHOUSE SCULLY IN PARTICULAR, UM, WOULD LIKE TO ADVOCATE FOR MOVING FORWARD ON SOME OF THAT, ESPECIALLY BUTTERMILK CREEK. THEY ARE LOOKING AT A STUDY RIGHT NOW AND ANYTHING WE COULD DO TO PUSH THAT FORWARD, BECAUSE EVEN IN THAT ONE LITTLE RAIN EVENT, PEOPLE WERE GETTING REALLY, REALLY CLOSE TO FLOODING. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN MCCAIN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA, UM, THAT HELP DISTRICTS SEE RESIDENTS STILL RECOVERING FROM HARVEY AND MULTIPLE FLOODS. UM, WHILE IT'S ALSO THE ANNIVERSARY OF HARVEY, UH, IT'S ALSO THE ANNIVERSARY OF KATRINA, UH, WHICH CHANGED NOT ONLY MY LIFE, BUT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE'S LIVES, UH, AND THOUSANDS OF LIVES WERE LOST. SO I JUST ALSO WANNA PUT IN THE SPACE RECOGNITION OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF KATRINA. UM, I WANTED TO REMIND, UH, COLLEAGUES IN THE PUBLIC, 'CAUSE CHAIR GALLEGOS HAD TO LEAVE TODAY AT 2:00 PM THERE WILL BE A QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE MEETING. UH, ONE OF THE UPDATES IN PARTICULAR THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT IS THE RESPONSE, UH, TO MONKEYPOX. UH, SO WE WILL HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT. MAYOR, THANK YOU. UH, NOT ONLY FOR ADVOCATING ON THE, UH, VACCINE NUMBER THAT WE'VE NOW RECEIVED, WHICH ENABLES US TO EXPAND, BUT ALSO THE WASTEWATER TESTING AND THE FINANCIAL COMMITMENT. THAT WAS A, A HEFTY SUM. BUT AGAIN, WE ARE GOING TO BE LEADING THE WAY AS A CITY SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. UH, ALSO ENCOURAGE, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF MEDICAL AND HEALTHCARE UPDATES THERE, SO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TUNE [04:15:01] IN. UM, I, UH, NEGLECTED LAST WEEK WITH ALL MY BIRTHDAY WISHES TO WISH MY HUSBAND A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. UH, HE WAS, UH, HIS BIRTHDAY WAS LAST FRIDAY. WE CELEBRATED BY TAKING OUR SON TO HIS FIRST CUBS GAME AT WRIGLEY. IT'S A R OF PASSAGE FOR HIS FAMILY. UH, ALSO WANNA WISH A HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY TO FORMER MAYOR PRO TEM ELLEN COHEN, CELEBRATING HER BIRTHDAY ON SUNDAY. UH, AND WITH THAT, UH, TWO OTHER IMPORTANT ITEMS, MORE OF A NATIONAL, NATIONAL IMPORTANCE. ONE, THE ARTEMIS LAUNCH IS TAKING PLACE ON MONDAY, OR SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE ON MONDAY. UH, THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TEST FLIGHT, UH, AS WE SEEK TO PUT THE FIRST WOMAN AND FIRST PERSON OF COLOR ONTO THE MOON AND THEN ONTO MARS. UH, ALL OF THAT IS TAKING PLACE HERE IN HOUSTON. THE LAUNCH WILL BE IN FLORIDA, BUT ALL OF THAT IS HOUSTON BASED. WE ARE SO PROUD, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, HISTORICAL, HISTORICAL MOMENT AS WE RETURN, SEEK TO RETURN TO THE MOON. FINALLY, GOTTA THANK PRESIDENT BIDEN. UH, WHILE WE WERE AROUND THE HORSESHOE THIS MORNING, I GOT A TEXT ALERT THAT, UM, THE STUDENT LOANS HAVE ONCE AGAIN BEEN FROZEN, UH, FOR MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF BORROWERS. AND WE ARE GONNA BE GETTING, UH, 10,000 LOAN FORGIVENESS, UH, FOR THE MAJORITY OF BORROWERS. UH, STUDENT DEBT IS A MASSIVE ISSUE THAT WE, AGAIN, IT'S A CITY WE CAN'T NECESSARILY TAKE ON. I THINK THERE'S MORE WE CAN BE DOING TO SUPPORT OUR CITY EMPLOYEES IN APPLYING FOR, UM, PUBLIC SERVICE LOAN FORGIVENESS AND USING EVERY AVENUE AND ACCESS FOR RELIEF. BUT, UH, HOPING THAT ANYONE LISTENING CHECKS OUT, UH, WHAT PRESIDENT BIDEN JUST DECIDED TO DO THIS MORNING. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN EVAN SHABAZZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M GOING TO SPEAK NOW REGARDING, UH, AN ISSUE THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT IN MY, UH, DISTRICT D AND CERTAINLY EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW IMPORTANT DEED RESTRICTIONS ARE TO ME. AND I'VE SPOKEN WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LEADERSHIP, THE PRESIDENTS OF THESE CIVIC CLUBS HAVE SIGNATURES WHEN IT COMES TO THESE PERMITS. BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENING, THINGS ARE BEING, UH, BUILT IN THE AREA. AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE CIVIC LEADERS DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, AND NO GOOD TO HAVE, UH, DEED RESTRICTIONS IF THEY'RE NOT BEING FOLLOWED. BUT IN REGARDS TO THIS, I JUST WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW MY OFFICE, UH, STOPPED THIS CONSTRUCTION SO THAT WE COULD WORK THROUGH THIS, BECAUSE THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT HAPPENED TO US AND MY PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD. HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR DEED RESTRICTIONS, WE WOULD'VE HAD SOME TOWNHOUSES RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR RESIDENTIAL AREA. AND SO, UM, WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THIS, UH, TO SEE HOW, YOU KNOW, WE CAN STOP THIS BECAUSE IT'S JUST, UM, SOME CONCERNS OTHER THAN JUST PERMITTING. YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, CONCERNS. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S BEEN A STUDY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, BECAUSE THESE 17 TOWN HOMES ARE PROPOSED TO BE BUILT ON ONE LOT. THAT'S A LOT OF, UH, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEMS THAT COULD BE THE RESULT OF THAT. ALSO, THE PARKING THAT'S GONNA BE A PART OF THIS, UH, FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THESE HOMES, I KNOW THAT THEY MAY HAVE THEIR GARAGES, BUT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE GUESTS AND PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA HAVE TO PARK IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, THERE ARE OLD PIPES IN THE AREA. WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN HANDLE THE STRESS OF 17 HOMES. AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, AN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY, AN INFRASTRUCTURE STUDY MAY BE IN ORDER BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT PERMITTING. AND THEN THERE'S A THING ABOUT PLATTING OR RE IS THIS BEING PLATTED OR RE PLATTED IN REGARDS TO THE NOTICE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO THE COMMUNITY. BUT THERE WILL BE A MEETING ON THIS ON TOMORROW EVENING AT 7:00 PM AT THE CULLEN COURTHOUSE, 57 37 CULLEN BOULEVARD. AND I REALLY HOPE THAT PEOPLE COME OUT SO WE CAN TRY TO WORK THROUGH THIS, BECAUSE IT WOULD, I WOULD BE APPALLED THAT THEY WANTED 17 TOWN HOMES RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO MY HOME. AND SO, UM, ON ANOTHER NOTE, I WANNA THANK VICE MAYOR PRO TEM FOR HER LEADERSHIP, UH, AT THAT PANAMA, UM, TRADE MISSION. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. I NEVER REALIZED PANAMA WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL CITY AND THAT IT HAD SO MUCH TO OFFER. IT LOOKED LIKE LITTLE DUBAI, ACTUALLY, WITH THEIR SKYLINE. AND IT WAS A GREAT TRIP. AND I WANT TO THANK VICE MAYOR PRO TIM FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON THAT. UH, EXCUSE ME, WE HAD A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETING LAST WEEK. I WANT TO THANK STEPHEN JAMES IN MY OFFICE FOR COORDINATING THIS. AND RAINIS EDWARDS WAS, WAS PRESENT. SHARON, MOSES BURNSIDE, CHRISTOPHER PADILLA, AND I HAVE TO THANK KANG, UM, THE ENGINEER IN PUBLIC WORKS FOR SUPPORTING THIS CAUSE. UH, BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS MOBILITY IN THAT ALAMEDA GENO CORRIDOR, AND WE ARE WORKING EXTENSIVELY ON THAT. ALSO, ON TOMORROW, MAYOR, I GUESS YOU'LL BE THERE, UH, BECAUSE YOU'RE THE PRINCE, [04:20:01] UH, OF THE CINDERELLA BALL, UH, FOR, UM, UM, HONORABLE SANDRA HINES. IT'S A WONDERFUL EVENT WHERE SHE SUPPORTS SENIORS AND CERTAINLY I PLAN TO BE THERE AS WELL. AND SO, ON A SAD NOTE, I NEED TO, UH, GIVE A FAREWELL TO MY CHIEF OF STAFF AMMA, AKA UH, I WANT TO THANK HER, UH, FOR HER SERVICE. SHE JOINED COUNCIL JUST A FEW WEEKS AFTER I DID AND HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB. AND, BUT I GIVE HER ALL MY ADMIRATION AND HER BEST THAT SHE EMBARKS ON A NEW JOURNEY. UH, SHE'S AN EXTRAORDINARY COLLEAGUE, MOTHER, AND LEADER WHO HAS MADE AN IMPACT DURING HER TENURE TO MAKE DISTRICT D THE TRUE DISTRICT OF DESTINATION IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. AND I CERTAINLY WANT TO THANK HER FOR THAT. UH, SHE WILL BE MISSED. UM, ACTUALLY, I AM, UH, TRYING TO HOLD BACK THE TEARS AND SHE SAID SHE IS TOO. BUT, UH, SHE HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB IN MY OFFICE, AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THEY GET A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY. MAYOR, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT AND SEE IF WE CAN HOLD ON TO OUR WONDERFUL STAFF MEMBERS. UH, BUT CERTAINLY I WANT TO THANK HER. I'M GONNA MISS RE AND ALL THE STORIES. I WILL FOLLOW HER ON FACEBOOK. AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, SHE HAS A NEW, NEW BABY AS WELL. AND I WANNA SAY SOMETHING, SPEAKING OF THAT, WHEN SHE GOT UP TO SPEAK ABOUT THE PATERNITY LEAVE, MY OFFICE DID NOT ENGAGE HER IN A MEETING WHEN SHE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL. I WANNA MAKE THAT CLEAR. I'M, I, I WOULDN'T HAVE, I WOULDN'T HAVE EVER DONE THAT. MAYBE SOMEBODY ELSE OUTSIDE. SHE NEVER TOLD ME WHO IT WAS, BUT I WOULD'VE REPRIMANDED THEM FOR THAT AS WELL. BUT THANK YOU, UH, AM FOR YOUR SERVICE, AND I KNOW THAT YOU WILL SOAR AND DO WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, AM LOOK FORWARD TO, TO YOU JOINING, UH, MY STAFF. THANK YOU, . SEE YOU MONDAY. YOUR DESK IS READY. DON'T PLAY, MAYOR. DON'T PLAY . SO, UH, SO, SO COMING, COMING. COME, COME AND SEE ME. THAT'S, THAT'S HOW A CONVERSATION. YOU ALL RIGHT? ALL. AND THEN ON ANOTHER SILENT NOTE, NOTE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO, UM, WHO KNEW ALAN PARKER. UM, ALAN PARKER WAS A, UM, WELL, WORKED AT THE CITY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, WORKED WITH THE VP BROWN AND, UH, WORKED WITH ME, HELPED TO GET ME WHERE I AM TODAY. UM, I START WITH IN AQUA HOME, I MEAN, LIVED THERE ALL OF HIS LIFE. MEMBER OF ST. MONICA STARTED THE FOOD BANK AT ST. MONICA AND, UH, JUST VERY, VERY ACTIVE. UM, PASSED AWAY, UH, LAST, LAST WEEK. WELL, IT WAS REALLY SATURDAY. SO REALLY WANT TO, UH, TO, UH, TO ADJOURN TODAY IN, UM, IN HIS, IN HIS MEMORY. SO, YOU KNOW, ALAN, WE'LL MISS YOU. AND HAVING SAID ALL OF THAT, LET ME THANK AGAIN, LET ME THANK ALL OF YOU, UH, FOR YOUR PASSION, COMMITMENT, AND DEDICATION. OKAY? UH, TELL EVERYBODY YOU'RE NEVER WRONG WHEN YOU SPEAK WHAT YOU BELIEVE. MM-HMM. YEAH. OKAY. SO, UM, AND, UM, THEN WE, HUH? OH, WHEN YOU COME OUT OF A FAMILY OF NINE , BUT WHAT MY, BUT WHAT MY DAD AND MOM ALWAYS SAY, THIS FAMILY GOING TO FIGHT, BUT WHEN WE GO OUTSIDE, RIGHT? YEAH. WE ARE FAMILY. SO, UH, AND GOOD THINGS CAN HAPPEN WHEN THERE IS, UH, WHEN THERE'S SOME TENSION BECAUSE I THINK IT BRINGS THE BEST FROM ALL OF US, RIGHT? OKAY. AND THEN WE, UM, THEN WE MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE THERE, UH, THERE'S ANOTHER, AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER, RIGHT? AND THERE'S ANOTHER IN FRONT. SO, UM, ALL I ASK YOU DO YOUR JOB, YOU VOICE YOUR VIEWS, UM, STAY TRUE TO YOURSELF AND ALL IS GOOD. OKAY? HAVING SAID ALL OF THAT, UH, WE WILL STAND ADJOURNED UNTIL NEXT WEEK. THANK YOU ALL. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.